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Eurasian Wryneck Jynx torquilla

July 31, 2012 by Corey 8 Comments

There are two species in the Old World woodpecker genus that sounds like birds that birders would never be able to see. They are...

News

Some Woodpeckers are Bad Luck

July 27, 2012 by Mike 3 Comments

Apparently, the word “jinx” derives from a certain Old World woodpecker. Do you know which one? Take your guess and check your answer. Good...

Trips

Searching for a White-backed Woodpecker

June 30, 2012 by Corey 10 Comments

The White-backed Woodpecker is the hardest resident woodpecker to find in Europe. Dendrocopos leucotos is absent from western Europe but is found in northern,...

News

Ivory-billed Woodpecker in East Texas!

April 24, 2012 by Corey 2 Comments

Oh, wait, never mind. Darned local news stations… Hat-tip to Birdchick.

Birds

Grayish Piculet Diminutive Endemic

April 3, 2012 by James 7 Comments

This week I find myself writing about Colombia again. But this should not come as a surprise as the country really is almost fathomless...

Birds

The Woodpeckers of New York City

March 12, 2012 by Corey 22 Comments

Disbelief probably seems like the proper response to the idea that there are woodpeckers in New York City. After all, woodpeckers peck on trees,...

Birds

Red-headed Woodpecker in Queens!

March 10, 2012 by Corey 6 Comments

As regular readers of 10,000 Birds already know, I am enamored of my Queens list. So when a Red-headed Woodpecker was reported on Thursday...

Birds

Acorn Woodpeckers: The Clowns of the Avian World

February 29, 2012 by Larry 9 Comments

Why would I call these beautiful woodpeckers the “clowns of the avian world?” Besides the facial features of the Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) appearing...

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