#Woodpeckers

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northern flicker, photo by Loi Nguyen

#i LOVE this photo #birds #northern flicker #pnw #ornithology #woodpeckers #animals #wildlife

[cryptonature]

By 30, your face should be a knife.

By 30, you should have a barbed tongue longer than your arm.

By 30, you should be able to slam your head into a tree 20 times per second.

By 30, you should be able to withstand an acceleration of 1,400 g’s.

By 30, you should be a woodpecker.

#nature #naturalist #woodpecker #birding #woodpeckers

[hometoursandotherstuff]

#owls #woodpeckers #birbs #birds #other stuff

[occasionallybirds]

Downy Woodpecker, male (Dryobates pubescens)

February 19, 2024

John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge, Tinicum, Pennsylvania

Little bit of woodpecker tongue in the third photo

#birds #bird #photographers on tumblr #Downy woodpecker #woodpeckers #birdblr #birb #birbs #ornithology #birblr #nature #animals #wildlife photography

[michaelnordeman]

Great spotted woodpecker/större hackspett. Värmland, Sweden (January 4, 2019).

#great spotted woodpecker #större hackspett #woodpeckers #birds

[antiqueanimals]

Virginia Wildlife; vol. 19, no. 9. September, 1958. Illustration by John W. Taylor.

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#birds #woodpeckers #red-headed woodpecker #hairy woodpecker #pileated woodpecker #downy woodpecker #yellow-bellied sapsucker #northern flicker #red-bellied woodpecker #John W. Taylor

[if-i-eated-soaps]

northern flickers my beloved

@todaysbird

#birds #bird #birblr #woodpecker #northern flicker #woodpeckers #my art #ifieatedsoaps art

[heather-rajendran]

Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) photos I took today, West Yorkshire, UK

#nature #nature photography #animal #animals #wildlife #animal photography #wildlife photography #british nature #wild #bird #great spotted woodpecker #woodpecker #woodpeckers #british birds #birds #bird photography #british wildlife #ornithology #birding #birdwatching #bird watching #wild animal #wild animals #wild bird #wild birds #avian #aves #piciformes #picidae #beautiful

[phatburd]

It appeared that the woodpeckers, who had initially tried storing their nuts in the house’s wood siding until a previous owner wrapped the house in vinyl, began stacking them inside the chimney, Castro told the Press Democrat.

@todaysbird

#birds #bird #birb #woodpeckers

[snototter]

A gila woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis) takes flight from a saguaro cactus in Tucson, Arizona

by David Quanrud

#gila woodpecker #woodpeckers #birds #melanerpes uropygialis #melanerpes #picidae #piciformes #aves #chordata #wildlife: arizona #wildlife: usa #wildlife: north america

[highways-are-liminal-spaces]

Woodpeckers of the North Woods

#woodpeckers #hairy woodpecker #pileated woodpecker #black-backed woodpecker #my photos #birds #minnesota #ntnav

[hometoursandotherstuff]

I never knew this, it's like a built-in helmet.

#woodpecker facts #bird facts #birbs #woodpeckers

[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Kaempfer’s Woodpecker (Celeus obrieni)

Photo by Alex Mesquita)

Conservation Status- Vulnerable

Habitat- Brazil

Size (Weight/Length)- 24 cm

Diet- Insects

Cool Facts- Discovered in 1926, the Kaempfer’s woodpecker was thought to have gone extinct only months after the fact as no more were spotted. Amazingly enough, these large woodpeckers were rediscovered in 2006 with many sightings afterwards. It goes to show how easily animals can remain hidden in thousands of miles of rainforest. They eat ants almost exclusively, drilling into bamboo to find ant nests. The conservation status of the Kaempfer’s woodpecker has been argued over for years. Jumping from critically endangered to endangered to vulnerable in only a few years despite their population being in decline. Only 3% of their original habitat remains, the rest being transformed into plantations and livestock pastures.

Rating- 11/10 (Rocking a mohawk.)

#animal of the day #animals #birds #woodpeckers #saturday #january 6 #kaempfer's woodpecker #biology #science #conservation #the more you know

[michaelnordeman]

Great spotted woodpecker/större hackspett. Värmland, Sweden (December 26, 2023).

#great spotted woodpecker #större hackspett #birds #woodpeckers

[ostdrossel]

The year

started out fun and with lots of red. This male Red-bellied Woodpecker came with blush! He seems to be new, the other one I normally see has a lot less red. He is spectacular 😍

#birds #backyard birds #Redbellied woodpecker #woodpeckers #birds of Michigan #birds of north america #birdwatching #birdlovers #nature #Ostdrossel #birdphotography

[antiqueanimals]

"The Red Woodpecker (Picus miniatus)"

Indian Zoology; Second Edition. Translated from the Latin of Johann Reinhold Forster by John Aikin, M. D. Illustrated by Peter Mazell. 1790.

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#birds #woodpeckers #banded woodpecker #Peter Mazell