acorn woodpecker
noun
: a woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) found from the U.S. Pacific coast south to Colombia that stores acorns in small holes which it digs especially in the bark of trees
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In the giant redwood and oak trees that surround it, a family of acorn woodpeckers make their nests.
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Manjula Martin, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
The trail is also home to some particularly noisy acorn woodpeckers who’ve perhaps grown accustomed to a few visitors.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Bird watchers can spot everything from California condors to acorn woodpeckers, and campers can now reserve a site inside the park limits.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2024
Why are acorn woodpeckers the hippies of the bird world?
—Kelcie Pegher, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
On an average morning, Susan Glass can sit on the patio at her condominium complex in Saratoga, Calif., and identify as many as 15 different bird species by ear: a steller’s jay, an acorn woodpecker, an oak titmouse.
—Alexandra Marvar, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2023
Paul Bannick, who has written two books about woodpeckers, said the acorn woodpecker, a species common on the West Coast, often amasses thousands of the nuts for winter.
—Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
On one April day, a female acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes fomicivorus) was observed drilling an astounding 286 holes into the trunk of a pine tree over the course of nine hours and 27 minutes.
—Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2011
About the only bird with red around here is the acorn woodpecker, but that’s just a small cap on top of their heads.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2020
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Manjula Martin, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
The trail is also home to some particularly noisy acorn woodpeckers who’ve perhaps grown accustomed to a few visitors.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
Bird watchers can spot everything from California condors to acorn woodpeckers, and campers can now reserve a site inside the park limits.
—Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2024
Why are acorn woodpeckers the hippies of the bird world?
—Kelcie Pegher, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
On an average morning, Susan Glass can sit on the patio at her condominium complex in Saratoga, Calif., and identify as many as 15 different bird species by ear: a steller’s jay, an acorn woodpecker, an oak titmouse.
—Alexandra Marvar, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2023
Paul Bannick, who has written two books about woodpeckers, said the acorn woodpecker, a species common on the West Coast, often amasses thousands of the nuts for winter.
—Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
On one April day, a female acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes fomicivorus) was observed drilling an astounding 286 holes into the trunk of a pine tree over the course of nine hours and 27 minutes.
—Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2011
About the only bird with red around here is the acorn woodpecker, but that’s just a small cap on top of their heads.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2020
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