A baby woodpecker gets its talons into a woman's hair and clung to her head.

Brittany Bronson was relaxing at home in Sanford, North Carolina, US, when a baby bird flew into one of her sun porch windows and clung to the windowsill. She went to check whether it was safe.

"I ran outside to make sure it was okay since unfortunately, we lose a lot of small birds that do the same thing. It half jumped and half flew onto the top of my head", she said.

The footage shows the woodpecker hopping into the 32-year-old’s hair and clinging to her head. Brittany remained incredibly calm and rang her doorbell to ask her brother for help.

Colton, 27, came outside and, after asking "why is that thing on your head?", carefully untangled the animal before resting it down on the ground.

Brittany said: “I was lucky it was just a baby because it wasn’t aggressive like an adult would be. He was in my hair for less than five minutes. It was enough time for me to contemplate my life decisions on why I approached the bird, try to get it out myself, and then go to the front of the house to get proper help".

Brittany said: “Colton is a mechanical engineer and I attribute that to his professional bird removal skills. He held the bird with one hand to try to keep it still and used the other hand to gently get his talons out of my hair. The bird was really making a fuss after my brother got involved so it made it a little tricky and he kept putting one foot back in my hair after one would get free".

Having removed the bird from her hair, Brittany and Colton researched what type of bird it was and found out it was a juvenile Pileated woodpecker.

Having learned it was only two months old, they decided the best option was to place it in a nearby tree so its parents could find it.

Brittany said: “We put him on a Dogwood tree and he hopped up to the top and we waited for mom and dad to come to find him. Instead, he took a snooze and didn’t make any noises to alert them. This continued until 10 am the following day and that’s when I called a wildlife centre to get professional help. They told me woodpeckers like this stay with the parents until fall and continue to get mouth fed, so without mom and dad, he wouldn’t make it".

Brittany got in touch with Holly’s Nest Animal Rescue in Sanford, North Carolina, who told her to bring the bird over.

“I got my cat carrier and a pole to get him out of the tree and before I could use the pole, he saw me approach the tree and just hopped off and free fell and hopped toward me. I took him over and the rescue said I could continue to check in on him which was really sweet".

A woman remained incredibly calm to ring her doorbell to ask her brother to remove a baby woodpecker that became entangled in her hair.

Brittany Bronson was relaxing at home in Sanford, North Carolina, USA, on May 29 when a baby bird flew into one of her windows and she went to check whether it was safe.

Amazing footage shows that the woodpecker had hopped into the 32-year-old’s hair and clung to her head leading Brittany to have to run to her doorbell and ask for help.

Her brother Colton, 27, came outside and, after asking ‘why is that thing on your head’, carefully untangled the animal before resting it down on the ground.

Brittany said: “I was lucky it was just a baby because it wasn’t aggressive like an adult would be, I may have had some serious damage. He was in my hair for less than five minutes.

“It was enough time for me to contemplate my life decisions on why I approached the bird, try to get it out myself, and then go to the front of the house to get proper help.

“The woodpecker had flown into one of the sun porch windows and was clinging to the windowsill.

“I ran outside to make sure he was okay since unfortunately we lose a lot of small birds who have done the same thing.

“The sill was about eye level, so I walked up to inspect the bird and he half jumped, half flew onto the top of my head.”

Having made her way to the front door, Brittany calmly rang her doorbell while shouting Colton for help.

Brittany said: “Colton is a mechanical engineer and I attribute that to his professional bird removal skills.

““He held the bird with one hand to try to keep it still and use the other hand to gently get his talons out of my hair.

“The bird was really making a fuss after my brother got involved so it made it a little tricky and he kept putting one foot back in my hair after one would get free.

“The bird had been pretty calm up until that point. I tried to get him out myself but couldn’t get his feet out of my bun.

“I held the bird in place so he wasn’t pulling my bun down and ripping on my hair. People kept asking me how I was so calm and that was why.

“The bird was incredibly calm at first and just happy to be on my head rather than clinging to the windowsill.”

Having removed the bird from her hair, Brittany and Colton researched what type of bird it was and found out it was a juvenile Pileated woodpecker.

Having learned it was only two months old, they decided the best option was to place it in a nearby tree so its parents could find it.

Brittany said: “We put him on a Dogwood tree and he hopped up to the top and we waited for mom and dad to come find him.

“Instead, he took a snooze and didn’t make any noises to alert them. This continued until 10am the following day and that’s when I called wildlife rescues to get professional help.

“They told me woodpeckers like this stay with the parents until fall and continue to get mouth fed, so without mom and dad, he wouldn’t make it.

“I got in touch with Holly’s Nest Animal Rescue in Sanford, North Carolina, and they told me that if I could get him, I could bring him right over.

“I got my cat carrier and a pole to get him out of the tree and before I could use the pole, he saw me approach the tree and just hopped off and free fell and hopped toward me.

“I took him over and the rescue said I could continue to check in on him which was really sweet.”