Category: Woodpeckers
Wordless Wednesday: Suetpecker
Pileated Woodpecker Video
At a height of around 17 inches, pileated woodpeckers are the largest woodpeckers in North America (unless someone finds a live Ivory-billed). They are found in dense mature forests throughout Canada, and in the eastern half of the USA. Rarely seen, they are a birdwatchers delight when they are spotted. …
Walloping Woodpeckers
Work crews in a Texas city have been busy replacing more than 20 woodpecker damaged light poles, at a cost of more than $30,000. The city considered replacing the wooden light poles with steel beams, but the cost would have doubled. The poles, installed in 2002, were planned to have …
Flicker Wake-up Call
I was quietly enjoying my first cup of coffee this morning, watching the house finches, black-capped chickadees and white-breasted nuthatches at our feeders. Suddenly it sounded like someone had started a jack-hammer in my living room. Then it stopped. Then started again. Not really at my brightest until I’ve consumed …
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Wordless Wednesday: Suetpecker
Pileated Woodpecker Video
At a height of around 17 inches, pileated woodpeckers are the largest woodpeckers in North America (unless someone finds a live Ivory-billed). They are found in dense mature forests throughout Canada, and in the eastern half of the USA. Rarely seen, they are a birdwatchers delight when they are spotted. …
Walloping Woodpeckers
Work crews in a Texas city have been busy replacing more than 20 woodpecker damaged light poles, at a cost of more than $30,000. The city considered replacing the wooden light poles with steel beams, but the cost would have doubled. The poles, installed in 2002, were planned to have …
Flicker Wake-up Call
I was quietly enjoying my first cup of coffee this morning, watching the house finches, black-capped chickadees and white-breasted nuthatches at our feeders. Suddenly it sounded like someone had started a jack-hammer in my living room. Then it stopped. Then started again. Not really at my brightest until I’ve consumed …