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woodpecker
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wood·peck·er
/ ˈwoŏdˌpekər/
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a strong-billed, stiff-tailed bird that climbs tree trunks to find insects and drums on dead wood to mark territory. The
woodpecker family (Picidae) also includes the wrynecks, flickers, and sapsuckers.
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WOODPECKERS ARE WOODLAND CHARACTERS
Newspaper article from: Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL); 4/8/1999; 700+ words
; ...like a woodpecker's skull, for example. Woodpeckers have a number...red-headed woodpecker. "Downies...bellied woodpeckers are found...Although most woodpeckers have their...the oddest woodpecker found in our...
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WOODPECKERS AS BOLD AS THEIR COLORING
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 8/8/1998; 700+ words
; ...red-headed woodpecker's cache of...Red-headed woodpeckers protect their...red-headed woodpecker. Red-headed woodpeckers nest much later...red-headed woodpecker's nest cavity...red-headed woodpeckers fight back...
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Woodpecker participation in mixed species flocks in peninsular Malaysia. (Short Communications).(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Wilson Bulletin; 9/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...nonwoodpeckers with only one woodpecker in attendance, (2) flocks composed mainly of woodpeckers with one or two other...and (3) exclusive woodpecker flocks. Of the 100...flocks with participating woodpeckers, 52 were of the first...
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THESE WOODPECKERS AREN'T EXACTLY 'WOODY'
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 12/6/1999; 700+ words
; ...hairy and downy woodpeckers apart. First...The downy woodpecker's bill is...the sound of woodpecker drumming. Hairy woodpeckers start setting...the hairy woodpecker often finds...to build. Woodpeckers use the nests...
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Woodpeckers find silver lining in devastation done by insects
Newspaper article from: Wyoming Tribune-Eagle; 1/5/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...ecosystem there. Other woodpeckers in Wyoming, including...downy and hairy woodpeckers are fairly common...The three-toed woodpecker can be found in...and ivory-billed woodpeckers. Other general woodpecker-evolved adaptations...
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Wondrous woodpeckers
Newspaper article from: Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review; 12/7/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...For support, woodpeckers' feet have two...the three-toed woodpecker), providing...onto the tree. Woodpeckers also have stiff...way is the acorn woodpecker of California and Arizona. These woodpeckers drill round holes...
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Are Pileated Woodpeckers attracted to Red-cockaded Woodpecker cavity trees?
Magazine article from: Wilson Bulletin; 9/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...been abandoned by the woodpeckers. Pileated Woodpeckers (Dryocopus pileatus) enlarge Red-cockaded Woodpecker cavities, thereby making...not clear why Pileated Woodpeckers damage Red-cockaded Woodpecker cavity trees, or if...
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Pileated Woodpecker scavenges on a Carcass in Missouri.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: Wilson Bulletin; 6/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...toward the bone, the woodpecker flew up and perched...during which time the woodpecker did not return to the...scavenging by Pileated Woodpeckers in a review of papers...report on the food of woodpeckers. U.S. Dept. Agr...JACKSON. 1995. Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus...
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Woodpecker wars. (red-cockaded woodpecker as an endangered specie)(includes related articles on known woodpecker habitats, impact of logging and Fort Benning case)
Magazine article from: American Forests; 1/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...drilled by the woodpeckers. The sticky sap...snakes that prey on woodpecker young. From a...the most common woodpeckers in the southeastern...ever since. The woodpecker lives only in old...public lands, the woodpecker has been the leader...red-cockaded woodpeckers." Those ...
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Pileated woodpecker damage to red-cockaded woodpecker cavity trees in eastern Texas.
Magazine article from: Wilson Bulletin; 9/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Red-cockaded Woodpecker. In this paper...caused by Pileated Woodpeckers (Dryocopus pileatus...Red-cockaded Woodpecker cavities and evaluate...impact of Pileated Woodpeckers on natural Red-cockaded Woodpecker cavities we examined...
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Woodpeckers
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...About 21 species of woodpeckers regularly breed in...American ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis...The hairy and downy woodpeckers (Picoides villosus...forest. The downy woodpecker is more abundant and...butter at feeders. Woodpeckers have sometimes been...
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woodpecker
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...North American woodpeckers are the sociable downy woodpecker, Picus pubescens...ivory-billed woodpecker ; the redheaded and three-toed woodpeckers, genus Picoides...Old and New World woodpeckers. The woodpecker family also includes...
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ivory-billed woodpecker
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
ivory-billed woodpecker common name for the largest of the North American woodpeckers, Campephilus principalis...in the female. A true woodpecker , it has a strong and...Cuba. Ivory-billed woodpeckers are classified in the...
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woodpeckers
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
woodpeckers See PICIDAE .
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pileated woodpecker
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
pi·le·at·ed wood·peck·er / ˈpīlēˌātid; ˈpil- / • n. a large North American woodpecker ( Dryocopus pileatus ) with mainly black plumage and a red cap and crest.
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