Acorn Woodpeckers 2
by Mitch Shindelbower
Title
Acorn Woodpeckers 2
Artist
Mitch Shindelbower
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Acorn Woodpeckers 2....A clown-faced western woodpecker with a complicated social structure, living in small colonies. Best known for its habit of hoarding acorns: the birds drill small holes in a dead snag, then harvest acorns in fall and store them in these holes, to be eaten during winter. Such a "granary tree" may be used for generations and may be riddled with up to 50,000 holes. Nesting is a group activity, with several adults (up to 12 or more) taking part in incubating the eggs and feeding the young in a single nest.
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December 14th, 2022
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Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "A Birding Group - Wings" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2022 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!!
Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Birds In Focus" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2023 Featured Image Archive Discussion"!
Judi Dressler
What a fabulous capture of these two, Mitch! Congrats on your Dawn's Delight selection, well deserved!
Dawn Currie
Congratulations! You are one of Dawn’s Delights for December 22, 2022!! This fine image has that "something special" that makes it an extraordinary image among the many artworks submitted to Wild Birds of the World - A Nature Photography Group.
Dawn Currie
Congratulations! This fine image of an identified wild bird is among the features for 12/16/2022! Thank you for sharing with the Wild Birds of the World - A Nature Photography Group. Please take a moment to add it to the December 2022 Features discussion for additional visibility.
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