John Burroughs

When the woodpecker is searching for food, or laying siege to some hidden grub, the sound of his hammer is dead or muffled and is heard but a few yards. It is only upon dry, seasoned timber, freed of its bark, that he beats his reveille to spring and wooes his mate.

American Author

Jeff Dunham

Up until college age I was using the typical little-boy dummy that sits on the knee and makes woodpecker jokes. My first original character didn't happen until later, and that was Jose the Jalapeno on a Stick.

American Comedian

Carlo Collodi

A thousand woodpeckers flew in through the window and settled themselves on Pinocchio's nose.

Italian Writer

Woodpeckers are commonly associated with forests and woodlands where trees are abundant.

Natural Habitat

Woodpeckers help control insect populations and contribute to forest health.

Role in Ecosystem

A woodpecker's pecking sound is unique and can be used to identify them even if not seen.

Distinctive Sound

 result of studies here we now know for certain that pairs with teams to help them are very much more successful in rearing their young recently though it's been discovered that this form of cooperation is quite widespread among birds some species of wrens and woodpeckers and more hands all use this

Birds Stealing From...

 that can be raised by band-tailed pigeon parents, and then from then on, it's passenger pigeons all the way, maybe for the next six million years. You can do the same thing, as the costs come down, for the Carolina parakeet, for the great auk, for the heath hen, for the ivory-billed woodpecker,

Stewart Brand: The dawn...

 gray squirrel like battle acorn turf is yeah I've heard it more than seen it but I know that acorn woodpeckers will go after the gray squirrels and squirrels get pretty afraid of them in some cases so what other kind of mammals can you see around here yeah there are mountain

A Napa Valley Nature...

 now know for certain that pairs with teams to help them are very much more successful in rearing their young recently though it's been discovered that this form of cooperation is quite widespread among birds some species of wrens and woodpeckers

Unbelievable Bird...

 is one of the people, one of the main people, who helped answer the question, "Why don't woodpeckers get headaches?" And it turns out the answer to that is because their brains are packaged inside their skulls in a way different from the way

Marc Abrahams: A science...

 that's filled by woodpeckers and many other areas of the world what she does is she feeds on grubs and bugs inside treats and to do that she has several unique adaptations of which the teeth the one the most startling is this

Brian Cox Meets an...

 and who would ever know that bird activity would involve that thing open that one down by its tongue photographers can spend their life trying to photograph flickers and woodpeckers never come across that

What Makes a Great...

 is that they were unimportant. Their impact on the world was not much greater than that of jellyfish or fireflies or woodpeckers. Today, in contrast, we control this planet. And the question

Why humans run the world...

 Gila woodpeckers nest in holes they've drilled in the trunks of giant cacti. Cactus wrens and thrashers like to build their nests among as many spines as possible to protect their chicks.

Birds Feast on Bee Swarm...

 what's missing in the top two-thirds and coming up is the sound of a woodpecker well I've returned to Lincoln meadow 15 times in the last 25 years and