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Mystery bird: downy woodpecker, Picoides pubescens | @GrrlScientist
12 May 2012, 3:50 am
This is the smallest
woodpecker species in all of North America (includes video) Downy
woodpecker, Picoides pubescens (synonyms, Dryobates pubescens and Dendrocopos pubescens ; protonym, Picus pubescens ), Linnaeus, 1766, also known as the willow
woodpecker, or as Batchelder's
woodpecker or Gairdner's
woodpecker, photographed in a backyard in Houston , Texas (North America). Image: Joseph ...
APNewsBreak: Protection sought for rare woodpecker
2 May 2012, 2:52 pm
Smokey Bear has done such a good job stomping out forest fires the past half-century that a
woodpecker that's survived for millions of years by eating beetle larvae in burned trees is in danger of going extinct in parts of the West, according to conservationists seeking U.S. protection for the bird.
Protection sought for rare woodpecker
2 May 2012, 1:54 pm
(AP) -- Smokey Bear has done such a good job stomping out forest fires the past half-century that a
woodpecker that's survived for millions of years by eating beetle larvae in burned trees is in danger of going extinct in parts of the West, according to conservationists seeking U.S. protection for the bird.
Ivory-billed woodpecker’s lure long passed
30 April 2012, 9:50 am
LITTLE ROCK — Brinkley’s time in the limelight is over and so is the hunt for the elusive ivory-billed
woodpecker, the long-thought extinct bird whose reported re-discovery once catapulted the quiet eastern Arkansas Delta town to prominence.
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Injured woodpecker finds home at Minnesota Zoo - Pioneer Press
17 May 2012, 11:59 pm
An injured pileated
woodpecker has found a new home at the Minnesota Zoo. The male
woodpecker had been cared for at the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of Minnesota in Roseville after falling from its nest. The bird was unable to lift its neck ...
'The Height of Folly' - Huffington Post
15 May 2012, 3:04 pm
How much wood could a
woodpecker peck if a
woodpecker could peck wood? Only a birdbrain would ask that question. So it should come as no surprise that it has been on my mind. It also should come as no surprise that my mind is in the gutter. This explains ...
THE SECOND HALF: woodpeckers - Eureka Times-Standard
15 May 2012, 3:59 am
This year, I have begun my days listening to the sound of a hard-working
woodpecker. Before the sun is even up, I hear the rhythmic tap, tap, tapping of this diligent avian neighbor. When the sun finally makes its appearance, I've looked out my ...
Is the ivory-billed woodpecker extinct? - Evening Star
14 May 2012, 5:40 am
The ivory-billed
woodpecker has been declared extinct. Again. It’s been declared extinct before. I have an article from a magazine published in 1950 telling that a stuffed and mounted specimen of the extinct ivory-billed
woodpecker had been stolen from a ...
