red-cockaded woodpecker
noun
red-cock·ad·ed woodpecker
: an endangered chiefly black-and-white woodpecker (Picoides borealis) of the southeastern U.S. having a barred back, white cheek patches, and in the male a small tuft of red feathers on each side of the head
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Now, finding the right kind of tree and drilling the hole takes a long time, as much as a year, for a young male red-cockaded woodpecker.
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Pamela Weintraub, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2011
Firefighters cut low-lying branches from old pine trees where the red-cockaded woodpecker nests and burned other potential fuel.
—Felicia Fonseca, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Oct. 2021
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Pamela Weintraub, Discover Magazine, 28 Apr. 2011
Firefighters cut low-lying branches from old pine trees where the red-cockaded woodpecker nests and burned other potential fuel.
—Felicia Fonseca, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Oct. 2021
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