10,000 Birds

APRIL 19, 2018

You probably know that I live where we have many, many woodpeckers. One of the most abundant woodpeckers in Oak Run , where I live, is the Acorn Woodpecker ( Melanerpes formicivorus ). During all these years I have never had woodpeckers of any species feeding at my hummingbird feeders, so I found this very odd.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2016

This is the male Greater Spotted Woodpecker (note, it is the woodpecker that is greater, not the spots). There is also a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. Compare the two as one might compare the Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers. The large, oval shoulder patches are not the source of his name. The white marks are more like splodges.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2014

Enter the woodpecker. To be specific, the Red-bellied , Hairy , and Downy Woodpeckers , along with the White-breasted Nuthatch. ” Despite their valiant efforts (and hearty appetites), the woodpeckers and nuthatches may not be a magic bullet. … Here at 10,000 Birds 20 July – 26 July is Invasive Species Week.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2015

The Nuttall’s Woodpecker’s ( Picoides nattallii ) diet consists mainly of (about 80%) insects, primarily captured by probing and gleaning from tree bark. You can hear the Nuttall’s Woodpecker drumming, followed by the flight call in this recording. Click on photos for full sized images.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2013

I was rather surprised to find that the 10,000 Clicks section of 10,000 Birds does not have a Hairy Woodpecker gallery. Surely this is a terrible oversight on someone’s part and may I say that the Downy Woodpecker post is also up for grabs. Hairy Woodpecker. The Hairy Woodpecker is noticeably larger in each case.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 24, 2011

The typical woodpecker, with its coloration of black, white, and red, is ingrained into our brains as birders. We all have our familiar species and we all know our local woodpeckers well enough that a quick glimpse is often all we need to identify them. Unless, of course, the regularly encountered woodpecker is somehow different.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Well, I never did see a Black-backed Woodpecker on my trip, but they were on my mind… What could be more straightforward than the naming of woodpeckers? The name woodpecker itself is a basic behavioral description. Here are birds that peck at wood. The exceptions are still mighty prosaic.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Inhabiting the southwest portion of the US, and nearly all of Mexico, the diminutive Ladder-backed Woodpecker can be found is a relatively wide variety of climates. This small woodpecker, 6-7 inches over all has a very strongly barred back, hence its name sake, and a white cheek patch surrounded by black.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 7, 2022

The Eurasian Wryneck is the woodpecker that doesn’t look like a woodpecker, the bird with the portmanteau name that is also a medical condition (and which may remind some people of a Nora Ephron essay). But they are woodpeckers: the genus Jynx of the subfamily Jynginae of the Picidae family. It’s an open question.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2013

This is a Green-barred Woodpecker , common and widespread throughout South America to the south of the Amazon River and to the east of the Andes. This form is thought to be a different species and the name Golden-bellied Woodpecker has been adopted by some.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2012

Disbelief probably seems like the proper response to the idea that there are woodpeckers in New York City. After all, woodpeckers peck on trees, not skyscrapers. But even birders might be surprised to learn that eight species of woodpecker have graced New York City’s five boroughs with their presence!

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

It is home to almost a hundred bird species, including woodpeckers and songbirds. The park is home to the Middle Spotted , Lesser Spotted , Grey-headed , Eurasian Green and Black Woodpeckers. Zvezdara Forest is located in the eastern part of Belgrade. To get there, take the bus line 65 to the “Zvezdara Forest” stop.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Lewis’s Woodpecker ( Melanerpes lewis ) In Flight, photos by Larry Jordan Driving home from work last week I finally saw my first Lewis’s Woodpecker ( Melanerpes lewis ) of the fall. Lucky for me, these beautiful and unusual woodpeckers can be found nearly year round in the oak savannah along the road I travel daily.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 30, 2012

The White-backed Woodpecker is the hardest resident woodpecker to find in Europe. So how did I manage to lay eyes on the most difficult-to-see European woodpecker? This means that there were nearly thirty of us making our way up the dirt track past long-abandoned quarries to get the area where the woodpeckers are normally found.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 9, 2015

A pair of nesting Downy Woodpeckers were the highlight of the walk and I wanted to share them with you. The first woodpecker was the male, seen as it flew into a tree and landed right in front of the hole.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Sure, occasionally a bird has given me problems, like Black-backed Woodpeckers back in 2007 when I was doing an alleged Big Year in New York State, but not seeing a bird for a single year does not make it a nemesis. But Black Woodpecker ? Yet, here I am, back from Austria, minus one Black Woodpecker sighting. What happened?

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10,000 Birds

JULY 9, 2011

Picus viridis , the European Green Woodpecker is a bird that I longed to see during my early days as a feeder watcher. Green Woodpeckers prefer to eat ants and will more usually be found feeding on the ground in fields and rough pasture than at a feeding table. A common encounter with P.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 15, 2014

As I got out of my car, about fifty feet from Manzanita Lake, I heard the loud drumming of a woodpecker. I didn’t know what species of woodpecker it was, but I knew it was just in the clearing on the other side of the road. A Conservation Strategy for the Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus) in California.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

You may remember the awesome encounter Doug and I had with Red-cockaded Woodpeckers at the Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area from this post. If you are some kind of idiot savant you might even remember that the last image of a Red-cockaded Woodpecker that I shared was of the bird holding a grub in its bill. … a.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Why would I call these beautiful woodpeckers the “clowns of the avian world?” ” Besides the facial features of the Acorn Woodpecker ( Melanerpes formicivorus ) appearing somewhat clown-like, they are a joy to watch and some of their antics are sure to bring a smile to anyone’s face. www.youtube.com/watch?

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Reddit Animals

JUNE 25, 2022

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Reddit Animals

APRIL 13, 2023

A woodpeckers tongue wraps around it’s brain to prevent brain damage and they have taste receptors. Can a woodpecker taste its brain or the outer walls around the brain? submitted by /u/skywarp85 [link] [comments]

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10,000 Birds

MAY 4, 2011

Short answer: The woodpecker is most likely not crazy and noshing on the house is not what the woodpecker has in mind. Woodpeckers could be pecking on homes for a variety of reasons, all of which can drive a non birder a bit batty. So, why do woodpeckers peck on human made structures?

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 10, 2011

On a recent trip down memory lane in the form of searching through old photos from my trip to Honduras I serendipitously stumbled upon a series of shots of a woodpecker feeding from flower blossoms in a tree. If you know more than me about this woodpecker please leave a comment and help me figure out what the heck this bird is!

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10,000 Birds

MAY 28, 2017

Black Woodpeckers are usually easy to find in Germany. However, even in the age of alternative facts, there is no denying it: Here in Germany, Black Woodpeckers are no big deal. However, even in the age of alternative facts, there is no denying it: Here in Germany, Black Woodpeckers are no big deal. Well, they are big.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2016

Red-cockaded Woodpecker. It also meant Red-cockaded Woodpeckers could be nearby. Red-cockaded Woodpeckers are rare. This was my second time on the recreation area specifically looking for the woodpecker, and it looked like another bust. The pair of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers busily working up and down two thin tree trunks.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 21, 2011

Second of all, Lewis’s Woodpeckers are birds of the west and they rarely stray to New York State. So you can imagine our disappointment when we crawled out of the car after our trip to find out that Mike was in fact relaxing in the warm kitchen and had no idea where the woodpecker was! Why is that awesome?

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10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2012

Apparently, the word “jinx” derives from a certain Old World woodpecker. Do you know which one? Take your guess and check your answer. Good luck!

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10,000 Birds

JULY 3, 2013

A birding friend of mine listed nesting White-headed Woodpeckers ( Picoides albolarvatus ) on the local Shasta County listserve so I thought I’d head up to Lassen Park to check it out. White-headed Woodpecker Male. The female White-headed Woodpecker looks like the male without the red occipital patch.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 10, 2012

So when a Red-headed Woodpecker was reported on Thursday at St. As regular readers of 10,000 Birds already know, I am enamored of my Queens list. John’s Cemetery by Daryl Cavallaro (who shared this picture with us awhile back) I was there first thing Friday morning.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 29, 2023

In the woodpecker high school yearbook, the Eurasian Wryneck is described as “most likely to be turned into a low-end sock puppet” Not very flattering, but then such entries frequently are not. Myself, I was once referred to as “Mr. Their sex life is similarly unspectacular.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 19, 2022

Tanagers, flycatchers, woodcreepers, woodpeckers, cuckoos – the seeker is guaranteed to be rewarded. A Lineated Woodpecker and the much larger Crimson-crested Woodpecker making a landing behind it. Note the white “V” that is diagnostic of the largest woodpecker in the Caribbean. Collared Trogon.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Old beech forests are inhabited by Grey-headed Woodpecker , Eurasian Green Woodpecker , Black Woodpecker , White-backed Woodpecker (rare), Stock Dove (uncommon), Collared Flycatcher , Red-breasted Flycatcher (rare), Marsh Tit and Coal Tit. Above them, on limestone cliffs, Alpine Swift and Crag Martin breed.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Those extra pages (32 more than #2) allowed for more space and completely or partly new plates of grouse, divers (loons), several groups of raptors, terns, owls (birds shown from several angles now, new vignettes, too), swifts (additional three rarities added into main plates), woodpeckers (have you ever seen an overweight woodpecker?),

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Woodpeckers and finches The top of the city would be the highest peak of the Avala Mountain Reserve (511 m / 1700 ft above sea level), with the Memorial to the Unknown Hero and overgrown with firs and pines. In Belgrade, Serbia, winter months offer surprisingly good birding possibilities. Photo Snezana Panjkovic.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

240 Lewis’s Woodpecker – Melanerpes lewis. 241 Red-headed Woodpecker – Melanerpes erythrocephalus. 242 Acorn Woodpecker – Melanerpes formicivorus. 243 Black-cheeked Woodpecker – Melanerpes pucherani. 244 Golden-cheeked Woodpecker – Melanerpes chrysogenys.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2022

One of Paso Ancho’s signature species is the always amusing Gray-Cheeked Woodpecker. While I saw the one shown here in the early morning, it wasn’t until late in my day that I saw proof of these woodpeckers’ importance to the local ecosystem. Not only woodpeckers like the woodpeckers’ homes.

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