Eastern Gray Treefrog (Dryophytes versicolor).

The frog that sounds like a woodpecker.

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The following Cornell Lab | Macaulay Library recordings were used in this episode:

Red-bellied woodpecker call by Geoffrey A. Keller (ML507296)

The following USGS recordings were used in this episode:

Eastern gray treefrog call by U.S. Geological Survey
Cope's gray treefrog call by U.S. Geological Survey

Sources and more:

https://dnr.illinois.gov/education/wildaboutpages/wildaboutfrogs/waftgraytreefrog.html
https://www.umesc.usgs.gov/terrestrial/amphibians/armi/species/eastern_gray_treefrog.html
https://www.umesc.usgs.gov/terrestrial/amphibians/armi/species/copes_gray_treefrog.html
https://dnr.illinois.gov/education/edu-pages-main/a-f/edufrogtoad.html
https://multimedia.illinois.gov/dnr/HDIGreyTree.mp4
Wisconsin Citizen-Based Monitoring Network (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLBehkuQgtk)

Episode 58: Eastern Gray Treefrog – Voice of the Wild