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Join BirdNote tomorrow, November 30th!
Illustrator David Sibley and actor H. Jon Benjamin will face off in the bird illustration battle of the century during BirdNote's Year-end Celebration and Auction!
Yikes! What's that bird doing, pounding on my house? In early spring, a male flicker may drum on a metal stovepipe or other resonant surface – a pole, a sign, the trunk of a tree – attempting to attract a mate and proclaim his territory. Many other woodpeckers do the same. Let's look at a few...
A Yellow-bellied Sapsucker pounds on a gutter
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A Downy Woodpecker works away at a tree
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Hoping to woo his lady-love
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A Pileated Woodpecker pounds on a dead snag
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Meanwhile, a male Hairy Woodpecker works away at a decaying log
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A male Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus – the “golden chiseler) drums on a rotting board ...
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This adult Acorn Woodpecker was either feeding young in a nest, or storing acorns, behind the lovely decorative eaves on the Madera Kubo Bed & Breakfast. (The Acorn Woodpecker was the inspiration for Woody!)
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A Red-bellied Woodpecker favors a snag
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And a Red-headed Woodpecker finds his own instrument
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While one Red-breasted Sapsucker chooses a cedar fence
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And another holds forth on a chimney pipe!
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Drumming, drilling, or excavating? It's important to know the difference. Check out this BirdNote show to learn more: Flicker Attack
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Thanks to these photographers for sharing their photographs: Jerry McFarland FCC, Mike Hamilton, Gregg Thompson, Tom Grey, Ilona L FCC,Julie Falk FCC, Edward Byrne FCC, and Jim Culp FCC