Woodpeckers of the Pacific Northwest
Knock, Knock, Who’s there? Woodpeckers
These industrious birds are busy, busy, busy all the time. Their jackhammer-like drilling can reverberate through a forest and carry on for miles. The myriad of holes and cavities they leave behind are fun to discover and amazing to observe. Who are these magnificent red-capped, red-breasted characters who delight us so much and can frustrate us too with their noisy and sometimes destructive excavations.
In this presentation, filled with beautiful images and videos, we will explore the amazing and complicated lives of these wonderful beings.
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What makes their unique biology so important to us?
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What is all the drilling for?
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What does the inside of a woodpecker cavity nest look like?
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What is the unique relationship that one Pacific Northwest woodpecker shares with hummingbirds?
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And so much more.
Resources
Woodpeckers of North America: A Naturalists Handbook, David Benson, Stone Ridge Press, Wrenshall,MN 2014Wroughton MIfflin Harcourt, Boston, MA 2016
Remarkable Woodpeckers, Stan Tekiela, Adventure Publications, Cambridge, MN ,2011
Woodpeckers of North America, Frances Backhouse, Firefly Books,Ltd, Buffalo, NY, 2005
Peterson Reference Guide To Woodpeckers of North America, Stephen A.Shunk, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2011