Birds of North America
Puzzle 13 · Eastern Woodland Voices · Page 27 in print
Pileated Woodpecker
A Pileated Woodpecker leaves useful homes behind. Other animals that cannot bore their own cavities can later move into the holes it made for nesting.
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Barbed Tongue
The tool used to extract prey deep in wood.
Carpenter Ants
An important prey insect.
Dead Trees
Trees used for nesting cavities.
Excavate
Digging a new nest cavity.
Greenbrier
A plant supplying fruit food.
Holly
A plant supplying fruit food.
Incubation
Egg-warming shared by the parents.
Larvae
Young wood-boring beetles eaten as prey.
Nest Cavities
Excavated shelter later used by other animals.
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Persimmon
A plant supplying fruit food.
Regurgitation
The way parents deliver food to their young.
Rotten Stumps
Decaying wood where rectangular feeding holes occur.
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Termites
Wood-associated insect prey.
Utility Pole
An occasional alternative nesting site.
Wood Chips
Leftover excavation material lining the nest.
Sources
- Pileated Woodpecker: Life HistoryCornell Lab of Ornithology
- Pileated WoodpeckerNational Audubon Society
- The Peculiar Pileated WoodpeckerMissouri Department of Conservation