any of numerous climbing birds of the family Picidae, having a hard, chisellike bill that it hammers repeatedly into wood in search of insects, stiff tail feathers to assist in climbing, and usually more or less boldly patterned plumage.
They listened, face-to-face, their ears over woodpecker holes in the trunk.
Tells what species are increasing and how small birds survive by bunching together in bushes or woodpecker holes.
Now comes a sonic burst, as a downy woodpecker drills into a nearby trunk.
Two groups say the ivory-billed woodpecker is extinct.
The blond-crested woodpecker and several species of hummingbirds are frequently at the waterfalls.
Ladder-backed woodpecker and northern quail make their homes in the area all year long.
Some other possibilities: the ball could have been pecked open by a woodpecker or chickadee or parasitized by a wasp.
woodpecker's head inspires shock absorbers for planes and cars.
Now even the skeptics agree that the ivory-billed woodpecker lives.
The phoenix had nothing on the ivory-billed woodpecker.
British Dictionary definitions for woodpecker
woodpecker
/ˈwʊdˌpɛkə/
noun
1.
any climbing bird of the family Picidae, typically having a brightly coloured plumage and strong chisel-like bill with which they bore into trees for insects: order Piciformes