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Thursday, February 6, 2014
Bird of the Month: Acorn Woodpecker
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Acorn woodpeckers are described as having a clown face because
of their red head patch and large eyes. They are gregarious and not especially shy
around people, which makes them fun to watch and photograph. These birds are
obsessive about gathering and storing acorns,
which they do by drilling numerous holes into a tree trunk to create a “granary
tree.” We found this one drilling into an oak tree at Santee Lakes.
