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Woodpeckers

Woodpeckers got their name for pecking the bark of a tree and making a hole to live. Ask questions about this beautiful bird and its characteristics.

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Which woodpecker is endangered?

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The Ivory billed woodpecker is the most endangered woodpecker.

What is a woodpecker beak for?

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  • i think its for making holes in trees for nests and getting out bugs in the trees to stick their tong in.

What kind of beak does a downy woodpecker have?

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In general they have a clear white back and belly. Their wings are black and barred with white while the tail feathers are spotted with black. They have a black eye line and crown, and the have a short, stubby beak.

Males have a small red patch on the back of their head while the red patch is absent on females.

What color is annoying to woodpeckers?

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Hmm... That's some question you got there! It can probably be either yellow, blue, or even a type of green. If you want to learn it the hard way, go on! Catch a woodpecker and buy sheets of paper! WITHOUT ME! Sorry there. I sometimes get carried away!

What does an wood pecker eat?

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Variosu game birds like hawks and owls, and small animals like weasels. Squirrels might eat a woodpecker's eggs, but not an adult bird.

Do woodpeckers peck things that are not wood?

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Just peck it to get to the insects inside the wood.

Do woodpeckers get headaches from pecking?

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Because of the way that their bills and skulls have evolved over the years, plus because their brains are packed so tightly into their skulls so as to not allow the brain to bounce against the skull, to cause any harm.

Would a woodpecker eat a caterpillar?

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absolutely, they love caterpillars

What does the ivory billed woodpecker look like?

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Size and Colour:

  • approx. 20 inches in length and 30 inches in wingspan
  • It's body is a shiny blue-black with white markings on its neck/back and extensive white on the trailing edge of both the upper and under wings
  • The crest of the adult male is black on the front edge and red on the sides/back, while on juveniles and adult females it's just black
  • The adults beak is ivory in colour while the juveniles is a chalky white.
  • The juveniles look similar to the adult, but they have a shorter crest, browner plumage, and brown eyes.
  • weighs approx. 20 ounces (570 grams)

Habitat:

  • Found usually in the southeastern part of the United States
  • Prefer to live in hardwood swamps and pine forests. (with large amounts of decaying and/or dead trees)

Diet:

  • Mainly eats the larvae of wood-boring beetles
  • Also eats other insects, seeds and fruit.

Breeding:

  • Thought to have one partner for life
  • Breed every year between January and May
  • Before the have their young, they will make a nest in a dead or nearly dead tree about 8-15m above the ground
  • They usually lay about 2-5 eggs and incubate them for 3-5 weeks
  • Both parents take turns caring for the chicks, but at night the male has full responsibility
  • The chicks learn to fly about 5 weeks after they are born. Even then the parents still feed them
  • Family eventually splits up in late fall/early winter

Other Facts:

  • Scientific name: Campephilus principalis
  • The ivory billed woodpecker is the largest of the woodpeckers north of Mexico and is the third largest in the world.
  • During the 1800s, destruction of its habitat caused a terrible population decline.
  • In the middle of the 20th century this bird was thought to have gone extinct until it was rediscovered in 2005 in the "Big Woods" of eastern Arkansas. Since then it has been proven difficult to relocate.

What factor might contribute to the extinction of the woodpecker?

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Not all woodpeckers obtain their food from trees, some feed on the ground, but they do need trees for nesting.

So the removal of trees from areas where woodpeckers live would be a factor leading to their extinction.

Another factor would be the overuse of insecticides as has already happened in the reduction of numbers of some species of birds.

Do woodpeckers hibernate?

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No Woodpeckers don't hibernate. No bird does. Birds either adapt to the envoroment or migrate. Woodpeckers migrate.

Do woodpeckers eat on dogwood trees?

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They do not eat trees, they eat insects, but if they find an insect in the bark of a dogwood tree they will eat it.

What can people do to help the red cockaded woodpecker?

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The endangered woodpeckers are the red cockaded and ivory billed. Protection of old growth forest is essential for their survival. The red headed woodpecker is listed as near threatened, but there has been some resurgence, such as the sandhill region of the coastal plain of North and South Carolina, where the bird is still fairly common.

The redheaded woodpecker's favorite nesting place is inside dead trees. They favor areas of burned or flooded forests. Red-headed Woodpeckers, on the 2006 Red List of Threatened Species, are driven off their home range by European Starlings, telephone poles being treated with cresote, and the removal of dead trees. We can help protect them by leaving dead limbs and underbrush for the birds to nest in.

Why do woodpeckers fly?

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Most do not. The sapsucker species retreat southwards in winter, but most woodpeckers are non migratory.

How does a woodpecker catch its prey?

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The longest living woodpecker is said to have lived 13 months. Woodpeckers protect themselves from predators by hiding or by making alarm calls.

Does woodpecker eat or kill raccoon?

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No, squirrels usually eat nuts. They're not carnivorous.

How many ivory billed wood peckers are left now?

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The imperial woodpecker of Mexico may be extinct, as it has not been seen for decades.

How did the red bellied woodpecker get its name?

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If you get a look at the front of one you will see that his belly is reddish,not as red as the area on his head, but they already had a red headed woodpecker.

If a woodpecker pecks at house do you have insects?

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Tapping on wood is how woodpeckers locate grubs and insects inside the wood. They will do this to just about any exposed wood. If they start boring into the wood after insects, you definitely have insects. Woodpeckers might also peck at the wood if they decide to bore out a nesting cavity.

Is a wood pecker an omnivore?

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As long as it doesn't photosynthesize, it is..

Is the ivory-billed woodpecker important to its ecosystem?

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To answer this question is unfair cos all animals are important to the earth cos if one species dies out then others will increase causing over population and others will die out to extinction.so all animals are impoetant

If Only If Only The Woodpecker sighs What is the rest of the song in the holes novel?

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The old mans been stealin

she's holdin the greevin for hundred odd years

we all keep believin

that history repeats itself year after year.

how fears that the future is worse

we have to give in to a hundred year curse

sweatin the sun like we're diggin a grave

dig deep enogh and our fortune is saved

(chorus)

if only if only the woodpecker sighs

the bark on the trees was as soft as the sky

as the wolf waits below hungy and lonely

he cries to the moo-oo-oon if only if only

chasin the sky our beautiful wife

you make mistakes and it's my back that breaks

and forever my prosteals my life

to submission I'm beat but there's hope beneath these feet

blisters and blood and the sun makes you blind

you don't let it eat ya it can't help but be kind

cause you know what's important with your back to the wall

you can break metal chains and your friends don't let you fall

if only if only the woodpecker sighs

the bark on the trees was as soft as the sky

as the wolf waits below hungry and lonely

he cries to the moo-oo-oon If only if only

I'm a sun but I found myself a plant

there's no use when I'm fighten my history fightin my history

i have no place I'm a light feather there's no use when I'm fighten my history fighten my history

I have no place I'm more like a feather but i can't fly away when I'm fighten myself

if only if only the woodpecker sighs

the bark on the trees was as soft as the sky

as the wolf waits below hungy and lonely

he cries to the moo-oo-oon if only if only

if only if only the woodpecker sighs

the bark on the trees was as soft as the sky

as the wolf waits below hungy and lonely

he cries to the moo-oo-oon if only if only

What does it mean when a wood pecker bores a hole in your house?

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Woodpeckers peck for two reasons, to find food, or to signal that "this is my turf". So either the bird thinks there are some nice grubs in your doorstep, or he's discovered that it makes a usefully loud noise.