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Sentence Examples A woodpecker had himself a nice fat acorn, and he was hard at work to crack it open. A cuckoo called from faraway, a greater spotted woodpecker hammered out an urgent tattoo. They are cavity nesters that historically nested in tree cavities, old woodpecker holes, rotted pilings, and other natural cavities. He said native British birds that could lose out include the little owl, green woodpecker, and kestrel. Habitat saturation appears to be playing a role in both the acorn woodpecker and pukeko systems. Because the tongue of a young woodpecker has a smooth tip, the sticky, glue-like saliva is used to pull grubs out of their galleries. Throughout Europe today the woodpecker is variously called Rain Bird, Rain Fowl and Rain Pie. Our latest visitor, number 138, was a woodpecker, a yellow-bellied sapsucker. The chapter on the challenges of bird identification explains how to differentiate similar species, such as the downy and the hairy woodpecker. In the woods I heard both green and great spotted woodpecker whilst overhead a pair of buzzards soared in a spectacular display flight. There were a few Steller's jays visiting the feeders, along with an acorn woodpecker and a white-breasted nuthatch. But, of course, the woodpecker may be a regular visitor and I wouldn't necessarily know. Time and again he provoked a response, be it from a Cuban parrot, a Cuban pygmy owl, a Cuban trogon or a Cuban red-bellied woodpecker. We have nothing especially unusual so far as species are concerned, although we do get a woodpecker on the bird table from time to time. You may also see some of Zagori's eight species of woodpecker, as well as wallcreepers, dippers, rock thrush, golden oriole, snow finch. The dawn chorus is a medley of warblers and shrikes, and, always from the same tree, the klu-klu-klu of a green woodpecker. They are cavity-nesters, finding a natural hollow in a tree, an old woodpecker hole, a hole in a building, or a man-made nest box. They also will use an old woodpecker or other hole or even hollows in the earth beneath exposed tree roots. Within minutes, a woodpecker with a white-barred black mantle and red crown landed on the same tree. They pierce the base of a flower to get at the nectar, and visit woodpecker and sapsucker holes for tree sap. Show More Sentences A small woodpecker flew into a tree above me, and when I saw its slender profile and long bill, I thought it must be a sapsucker. On Jan. 27, searchers recorded pairs of loud raps, as if a huge woodpecker were drumming on a hollow tree. When searching for food a great spotted woodpecker usually alights on the trunk then works upwards and often from side to side. There was the occasional chatter of magpies or jays, and once the bobbing flight of a greater spotted woodpecker. There is a downy woodpecker on one of the birdfeeders and whisky jacks darting across the frosty boughs. The explorers introduced to science Clark's nutcracker and Lewis's woodpecker, as well as the sage grouse and the lesser Canada goose. The woodpecker digs deep into the trees in search of carpenter ants to eat. Be on the lookout for Caribbean dove, West Indian woodpecker, Cuban bullfinch, and smooth-billed ani. The white-bellied woodpecker, banded leaf monkey, cream-colored giant squirrel, and many tree species are all represented by just a handful of individuals. What do you get if you cross a carrier pigeon with a woodpecker? There a she-wolf and a woodpecker both sacred to Mars suckled and fed them until they were found by the herdsman Faustulus. The country's bird population includes the nightingale, oriole, blackbird, woodpecker, owl, grouse, partridge, finch, tomtit, quail, and lark. The American marten makes its den in a burrow, a tree hollow or a hole made by a Pileated woodpecker, and pads it with leaves, moss and grass. In the summer, the woodpecker eats xylophagous insects that it looks for by hammering the trunks. Then in 2004 a kayaker caught a glimpse of a majestic woodpecker in a wildlife refuge in Arkansas. Other once common species like the lesser spotted woodpecker, barbastelle bat and hedgehog are vanishing before our eyes. I add his sighting to a tally that includes a green woodpecker sheltering in a sequoia. I had hoped that she might see a green woodpecker as she has not really seen one before. A keen photographer since childhood, when he had been allowed to play with his dad's SLR, he took six shots as a green woodpecker flew off. Among the birds, we find the great spotted woodpecker, which is the island's emblem and the rare green woodpecker. Show More Sentences Dead wood attracts wood boring insects, magnificent stag beetles, and birds that feed on insects attracted to rotting wood such as the woodpecker. Birds include stock dove, all three species of woodpecker, and bullfinch in relative abundance. In the ash woodland, listen out for the garden warbler, willow warbler, bullfinch, nuthatch, and great spotted woodpecker. Among notable bird species are the nuthatch, treecreeper, all three types of woodpecker, little owl, and spotted flycatcher. You should have seen how excited he was the day he saw a pileated woodpecker in Central Park. Common avian species include the turkey vulture, pileated woodpecker and the black-capped chickadee. For the pileated woodpecker population, the objective could be to maintain their habitat at the present level. Sharp-tailed grouse, American black duck, wood duck, hooded merganser and the pileated woodpecker are the prevalent bird species. Over 20 bird species have been observed on the property including pileated woodpecker, Clark's nutcracker and the threatened peregrine falcon. For the pileated woodpecker population, another indicator could be productivity, measured by the number of young leaving the nest each year. Bird species include the hooded merganser, American black duck, wood duck, pileated woodpecker, mourning dove, cardinal, and wood thrush. In Ovid's Metamorphoses, Book XIV, the witch Circe turns Picus into a woodpecker when he refuses to be disloyal to his wife, Canens. Under the bird species among others, you did not mention the Acadian flycatcher, the prothonotary warbler and the white-headed woodpecker. Le-May tweeted and shared his vivid image of the woodpecker with a weasel on its back with his birding Facebook group. So, is the hard-pressed professional the woodpecker, and social media the weasel on its back? This work provided evidence of a significant risk to woodpecker species and other insect-eating birds. Although they will occasionally use nest boxes, black-capped chickadees prefer to nest in old woodpecker holes and other tree cavities. In wild places, martins still seek out their traditional nest sites in cliff crevices, abandoned woodpecker holes, and hollow trees. The typical Mediterranean vegetation, shrubs, is ideal habitat for the woodpecker. Smallest woodpecker and often elusive preferring the tops of trees. Show More Sentences The keen-eyed may also see a great spotted woodpecker or a reed bunting. Today, the references tell us that in many English country dialects, from Yorkshire south to Kent and west to Devon, the green woodpecker was called a yaffle. European Starlings are cavity nesters, and nests are generally located in natural hollows, old woodpecker holes, birdhouses, or building eaves and crevices. Since then, birding luminaries and legendary enthusiasts have sacrificed huge chunks of their lives to catch the merest glimpse of the wondrous woodpecker. For example, in some species of woodpecker, the male and female birds have differently shaped beaks, which allows a pair to more efficiently mine a tree for food. Well, last night I got an email saying that my application is selected and I'm slated to go look on a Cornell team for the ivory-billed woodpecker in early December. If you have a trained ear for distinguishing bird calls, you can hear those of the redheaded woodpecker, cuckoo and the Eurasian Jay, which is really weird. The property provides habitat for several wildlife species including the northern red-legged frog and pileated woodpecker. It is home to the pileated woodpecker, red-legged frog and many other woodland creatures. The tract includes loblolly pine, sweet gum, water tupelo, bald cypress, hickory, and oak some of record size and also rare and endangered species of both plants and animals, such as the red-cockaded woodpecker. To retain fire-associated species, some recently burned forest blocks should be protected from salvage and salvage should be delayed 3-4 yrs on other blocks to allow woodpecker reproduction. The trailer invites you into nature's acoustic landscape, where you can come along on an acoustic adventure in the buzz of nature, to a woodpecker concert and to hear secret noises made by nocturnal wild animals. The males often arrive first, and waste little time in searching out suitable nesting sites: woodpecker excavations and decayed cavities in trees are used where available. Some forests provide habitat for endangered species, such as the redcockaded woodpecker that lives in old pines in the southeastern United States. Other bird species that can be found in the watershed are: the blue jay, chickadee, turkey vulture, heron, ducks, Canada geese, owl, robin, crow, swallow, and the woodpecker. I have never watched a merganser commit suicide, but once, in Florida, I saw two flickers dancing at one end of a tin rain gutter to music supplied by a red-bellied woodpecker, who was drumming on the gutter at the other end. Participate to this guided hike and maybe you'll see the birds inhabiting the Mont SUTTON as the pileated woodpecker, winter wren, American Redstart, the barred owl and several other species of birds of prey. Fortunately, many provinces have implemented forest management objectives and guidelines that are capable of addressing the habitat needs of the pileated woodpecker. To be in the Atchafalaya is to float among trees under silently flying blue herons, to see the pileated woodpecker, to hope to see an ivorybill, to hear the prothonotary warbler. Birds woodcock, robin, warbler, titmouse, and woodpecker are numerous. Show More Sentences Other bird species include the belted kingfisher, double-crested cormorant, osprey, great gray owl, merlin, common nighthawk, five species of woodpecker and a diverse representation of waterfowl and songbirds. The plan was similar to the technique used by the green woodpecker, which strikes the tree trunk with its beak to make the worms and caterpillars leave their holes in the wood, whereupon they are eaten. Overhead the woodpecker knocked insistently, and in the forest depths the partridge boom-boomed and strutted in virile glory. It was not to last when the green woodpecker spoke of rain. Hupa people traditionally measured wealth in terms of the ownership of woodpecker scalps and dentalium shells, the latter of which were probably received in trade from the Yurok. Tityras utter froglike sounds and nest in tree holes, which, in the case of the masked tityra, may be usurped from a toucan or woodpecker by stuffing leaves into the hole until it is abandoned by the owner. The dominant species of birds found in the traditional orchard include the little owl, wryneck, woodchat shrike, green woodpecker and collared flycatcher. Saguaro National Park boasts Many birds, including Gila woodpecker, gilded flicker, cactus wren, phainopepla, and elf and screech owls. As with the smoky-brown woodpecker, information on this woodcreeper from western Mexico is fragmented and scarce. A red-bellied woodpecker flitted by, and the men did not bat an eyelash. Trees include oak and beech which are home to birds including treecreeper, jay and great spotted woodpecker. Peter points out a goldcrest, Britain''s smallest bird, red crossbill and a woodpecker. In classical times, the word was applied to both the pelican and the woodpecker. The nightingale, the woodpecker, the kingfisher, the raven and the great crested grebe all deserve a shout. He has also developed a woodpecker nest box that deters starlings. Some of the local birds might include the turkey vulture, crows, scrub jays, red-tailed hawks, the acorn woodpecker or the phainopepla. A knocking sound alerts them to a pileated woodpecker, pecking holes to find ants to eat. They are highly successful, and we enjoy watching downies, hairies and occasionally we have seen a pileated woodpecker come for a feast. Guided morning walks are available for novices and more accomplished twitchers, the African finfoot, olive woodpecker and white-headed lawping dotting the dense foliage. As part of a study of black-backed woodpecker home range size and foraging ecology, 9 birds in Lassen National Forest were radio-tracked during the 2011 breeding season. Show More Sentences The mountain slopes and high woodlands also hold other species which aren't present in the UK, such as citril finch, alpine accentor, black woodpecker and alpine chough. Rare and endangered species commonly found in the area include the peregrine falcon, red-headed woodpecker, red-shouldered hawk, gray bat, barking tree frog, and jewel darter. These included brown bears, wildcats, lynx, wolves, badgers and otters as well as Golden and white-tailed eagles, black vultures and six varieties of woodpecker. Prothonotary warblers nest in natural cavities or old woodpecker holes in wooded swamps where standing water remains throughout the nesting period. Southern birds like the cardinal, titmouse, mockingbird, Carolina wren and red-bellied woodpecker have moved up here in great numbers during my lifetime. The seven sensitive species were the lynx, boreal owl, flammulated owl, black-backed woodpecker, fisher, bull charr, and the west-sloped cutthroat trout. Since the early 20th century scientists have been trying to prove the ivory-bill woodpecker is extinct, dismissing claims of sightings despite many reports to the contrary. Examples from Classical Literature As this was probably all the woodpecker was fighting for, he did not give chase. The other day I saw a yellow-bellied woodpecker alight upon a decaying beech and proceed to drill for a grub. To add to my disappointment a red-headed woodpecker began to pound out a tantalizing tune upon the limb of a dead hemlock. In English it was applied not only to the parrot, but also to the green woodpecker. His love was the shy, green woodpecker, whom he had actually coaxed into nesting in the park. The Cuban green woodpecker and the white-eyed vireo are also garrulous birds often met in company with the oriole. This, the southernmost form of the green woodpecker, has much the most ringing voice. And while I stood watching them from the palace trees close by came the loud laugh of the green woodpecker. A red stick was sent to each one, not forgetting the woodpecker and his family. A little further on, I saw a green woodpecker fly to a tree, and run up the trunk like a cat. The animals consecrated to him were the wolf, horse, vulture, and woodpecker. Hence this Colaptes, in all the essential parts of its structure, is a woodpecker. One of these was with a yellow-bellied woodpecker, the first I had ever seen. The log-cock, or pileated woodpecker, the largest and wildest of our Northern species, I have never heard drum. Probably red-headed, since the name was misapplied to a specimen of a pileated woodpecker. It is said that in the territory of Tarentum, the woodpecker of Mars is never found. As the yellow-bellied woodpecker was the most abundant species in these woods, I attributed it to him. The red-headed woodpecker could not explain it, nor could the yellow-bird. One day it was a goose, another a woodpecker, and another a blue jay. A speckled black-and-white woodpecker about the size of a bulbul. Show More Sentences Not in vain had the green woodpecker given out its warning note. Chock-full of melodrama, Katie's story has more holes in it than a woodpecker tree. In other tribes, the woodpecker is substituted for the nightjar. Type locality of Lewis's woodpecker and Clarke's nutcracker. Nature's visitors include magpie, jay, green woodpecker and robin as well as badgers, squirrels and foxes. Woodcock and tawny owls live in the wood and the green woodpecker and cuckoo are summer visitors. Secondly, I heard the yaffle of a green woodpecker, no doubt busy sorting out its breeding territory. Green woodpeckers are familiar for their yaffle cry while the great spotted woodpecker may visit gardens to feed. But little better is the arrangement which the woodpecker calls a home. No woodpecker can make his home in absolutely solid sapwood. The owl represents night, and the woodpecker the day and sun. Unlike the woodpecker the wryneck does not hollow out its hole for itself. And if you are looking forward to having those long winter evenings livened up by a friendly tap on the door, greet your visitors with this woodpecker door knocker. The green woodpecker is a relative new comer to Scotland with the first breeding occurring in the early 1950s after the bird had spread from haunts in England. A woodpecker stuck his impudent head around the side of a tree. Find more words! 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