We had another great bird visit the here banding station this morning. This adult female American three-toed woodpecker is the second woodpecker we have banded this fall.
These woodpeckers often take advantage of disturbed areas where dead, or burned trees can house bark beetles and other insects. Their foraging strategy is unique in that they will chip bark off of the trunks of trees, looking for insect larvae. American three-toed woodpeckers also breed the furthest north of any other woodpecker in North America, with nesting pairs reported as far north as the Brook's Range.
Hopefully we can catch some of the other local woodpecker species this fall that also inhabit the woods around Creamer's Field!
-Dave
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