in a study a single tree contained more than 50,000 acorn-storage holes. Acorn woodpeckers also feed by sallying for flying insects and gleaning trunks, and they often eat ants (as reflected in ...

If you have a dead tree, here’s how to cut it down safely. In the western region of the U.S., acorn woodpeckers peck away to make small cavities to store acorns for later use. These granaries ...

One of the most important parts of any forest ecosystem or ecology is the mighty oak tree. It is often a huge sprawling tree with thick heavy branches, large dark green leaves and a trunk covered ...

and acorn woodpeckers “tattooing” their home tree by drilling thousands of acorns into the bark, this bird family is diverse and spectacular.

I had a wonderful opportunity to study and photograph a pair of red-headed woodpeckers nesting in an old tree and feeding their young. All of this happened because a reader of this column ...

often in hollow Castanopsis cuspidata trees. LIFE CYCLE: The Okinawa woodpecker's life cycle is unknown. FEEDING: This woodpecker feeds on large arthropods such as beetle larvae, spiders, moths, and ...