Study 100 Widespread Valley Birds Weblog Submit #34 (Species 54/100)
Few issues on earth fill us with as a lot delight as birds, and realizing them by identify solely provides to our pleasure. In California’s Central Valley, with solely a bit little bit of effort, anybody can be taught 100 native chook species. Particularly since every day Valley Residents are available in contact with a minimum of a dozen species that the majority acknowledge, however could not know the identify of. The intent of this weblog is for followers to find out about and be capable of determine 100 widespread valley birds.
A Reflections of the Pure World Weblog Submit Sequence by Jim Acquire
WHAT’S IN A NAME?
Acorn Woodpecker – Melanerpes formicivorus
Identify roots: (E. acorn, its favourite meals) (Gr. Melos, “black”Gr. Herpes, “a creeper”;
L. formica, “an ant”,L. voro, “to devour” )
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
The Acorn Woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker with a straight, spike-like invoice and a stiff, wedge-shaped tail used for assist because the chook clings to tree trunks. It has a red-crowned, shiny black and white head, white eyes, and white rump and wing patches.
One attention-grabbing reality concerning the Acorn Woodpecker is that it lives in giant teams in western oak woodlands and shops hundreds of acorns every year by jamming them into specifically made holes in timber. This habits is called hoarding and the tree the place the acorns are saved is named a granary tree.
DISTRIBUTION STATUS IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY
The Acorn Woodpecker is a Widespread Yearround Resident within the Central Valley and could be present in virtually any space with Oak Timber.
