Woodpeckers are vertical birds. With their dense, powerful bodies and short legs, their strong grappling toes and heavy bills, woodpeckers are most comfortable clinging to the side of a tree. Using their curved toenails like hooks, they hang, supported from below by the strong, stiffened shafts of their tail feathers. After their posture, notice their […]
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Look for The white-headed woodpecker has, as the name suggests, a white head and throat—distinctive in North America. Males have a small patch of red on the back of the crown, while the rest of its body plumage is a solid black. It has white patches on its wings and black legs and bill. Its
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Look for Lewis’s woodpecker is a medium-sized bird that was named after Meriwether Lewis who discovered the bird during his famous expedition. It has a dark greenish-black hood, black, wings and tail, and a dark crimson face. It has a gray collar and chest and a pinkish-red belly. Its bill and legs are both black.
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Look for Loud, active, and boldly marked, the acorn woodpecker is hard to miss. Both males and females are black-backed and have a facial pattern resembling clown makeup (black and yellow face, white eye, black bill, red head patch), but the male has a more extensive red crown. White rump and wing patches stand out
