I took the above image early in the morning with an ambient temperature of 33ºF just about freezing. Heard the knocking sound from the woods which I knew was coming from a woodpecker, I followed where it was coming from. I was rewarded with the sight of this handsome woodpecker.
The Woody Woodpecker cartoon character "shares many characteristics in common with the pileated woodpecker in terms of both physical appearance as well as his characteristic laugh, which resembles the call of the pileated woodpecker."
quoted from Wikipedia
Location: Buddy Attick Lake Park, Greenbelt, MD