Throughout western North America, Red-naped Sapsucker ( Sphyrapicus nuchalis ) nests have been described primarily in trembling aspen ( Populus tremuloides ) with decay-softened wood.

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The sour fruits are eagerly sought by many kinds of birds, including: American Robin, Swainson's Thrush, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Hermit Thrush, Wood Thrush, Northern Cardinal, Northern Mockingbird, Blue Jay, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Northern Flicker, Pileated Woodpecker, Eastern Phoebe, Brown Thrasher, Eastern Bluebird, European Starling, Scarlet Tanager, Gray Catbird, Cedar Waxwing, and American Crow, all primarily eastern North American birds migrating or residing year-round within the tree's range.

The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ( Sphyrapicus varius ) is a medium-sized woodpecker found in North America, Central America and the Caribbean.

The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker is part of the New World sapsucker genus Sphyrapicus, which is within the woodpecker family Picidae.

The genus also includes the Red-naped Sapsucker, Red-breasted Sapsucker, and Williamson's Sapsucker.

The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker is a mid-sized woodpecker, measuring in length, in wingspan and weighing from.

File: Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, female. jpg | Female, Ottawa, Ontario

The Red-breasted Sapsucker ( Sphyrapicus ruber ), is a medium-sized woodpecker of the forests of the west coast of North America.

These birds interbreed with the Red-naped Sapsucker or Yellow-bellied Sapsucker where their ranges overlap.

Until recently, the Red-breasted Sapsucker and Red-naped Sapsucker were considered a single species.

The Red-Breasted Sapsucker begins work on its nest hole in a dead tree, usually a deciduous tree, in April or May, and produces one brood per breeding season.

The Red-naped Sapsucker ( Sphyrapicus nuchalis ) is a medium-sized woodpecker.

This bird used to be considered a subspecies of the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.

Image: Sapsucker holes. jpg | Holes drilled by a Red-naped Sapsucker in " Platanus wrightii " in Arizona, USA

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File: Sapsucker holes. jpg | Holes drilled by Red-naped Sapsucker in Platanus wrightii in Arizona, USA

As of August 2007, hundreds of birds have been recorded, including pileated woodpeckers, but not the Ivory-billed woodpecker.

Some woodpeckers and wrynecks in the order Piciformes have zygodactyl feet, with two toes pointing forward, and two backward.

At one time or another, they have been allied with owls, swifts, kingfishers, hoopoes, mousebirds, hornbills, rollers, bee-eaters, woodpeckers, trogons and hummingbirds.

Members of the order Piciformes, such as the jacamars, puffbirds, barbets, toucans, and honeyguides, have traditionally been thought to be very closely related to the woodpeckers, piculets, wrynecks, and sapsuckers.

Two species of woodpeckers, the Ivory-billed Woodpecker and the Imperial Woodpecker, have been considered extinct for about 30 years ( there has been some controversy recently whether these species still exist ).

To prevent brain damage from the rapid and repeated decelerations, woodpeckers have evolved a number of adaptations to protect the brain.

In addition to the strong claws and feet, woodpeckers have short strong legs.

The woodpeckers have a mostly cosmopolitan distribution, although they are absent from Australasia, Madagascar, and Antarctica.

Like the true woodpeckers, piculets have large heads, long tongues which they use to extract their insect prey and zygodactyl feet, with two toes pointing forward, and two backwards.

Like the true woodpeckers, wrynecks have large heads, long tongues which they use to extract their insect prey and zygodactyl feet, with two toes pointing forward, and two backwards.

While red-bellied woodpeckers have some bright red on the backs of their necks and heads, red-headed woodpeckers have a much deeper red that covers their entire heads and necks, as well as a dramatically different overall plumage pattern.

Numerous studies have shown woodpeckers will readily nest in logged areas as long as some stands are left standing.

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Several observers have found this drongo associating with foraging woodpeckers and there is a report of one following a troop of macaques.

In particular, many species of dead-wood predators such as woodpeckers must have standing snags available for feeding.

They have stiff, pointed tail feathers, like woodpeckers and woodcreepers, which they use to support themselves on vertical trees.

They have zygodactyl feet and stiff tail feathers which allows them to maintain a vertical position on trees ; typical of woodpeckers.

* Lesser spotted and great spotted woodpeckers easily heard drumming in the woodland.

Sassafras fruits are eaten by many species of birds, including bobwhite quail, eastern kingbirds, great crested flycatchers, phoebes, wild turkeys, gray catbirds, northern flickers, pileated woodpeckers, downy woodpeckers, thrushes, vireos, and northern mockingbirds.

Because nesting holes are in great demand by other cavity nesters, woodpeckers face competition for the nesting sites they excavate from the moment the hole becomes usable.

& Winkler, H. ( 2001 ): Parental care and parentage in monogamous great spotted woodpeckers ( Picoides major ) and middle spotted woodpeckers ( Picoides medius ).

Birds included plentiful ducks, geese, quail, great horned owls, red-shafted flickers, downy woodpeckers, goldfinches, and yellow-billed magpies.

Flycatchers, Tennessee warblers, double-crested cormorants, red-necked grebes, brown creepers, nuthatches, three-toed woodpeckers, bald eagle, osprey, great blue herons, many species of ducks, and the common loon are just a few of the water fowl and birds which make their home in the park.

Flycatchers, Tennessee warblers, red-necked grebe, brown creepers, nuthatches, three-toed woodpeckers, bald eagle, osprey, great blue herons, common loon are just a few of the many bird species to be seen in the park.

Birds such as Wild Turkeys, Wood Ducks, Spotted Owls, great blue herons, ravens, Black-shouldered Kites, California Quail, woodpeckers, hawks, and tyrant-flycatchers are seen there.

* woodpeckers: including pale-headed, white-bellied, black-and-buff, heart-spotted and the great slaty woodpecker

Animals filmed included swallows nesting in the barn, blue tit families in nestboxes and great spotted woodpeckers visiting bird feeders.

Black-capped chickadee, hairy woodpeckers, ruffed grouse, magpies, and great horned owls can be observed in all seasons.

Bird species recorded living at the site include great crested grebe, cormorant, gadwall, teal, sparrowhawk, water rail, kingfisher, snipe, woodcock, great spotted and green woodpeckers ; and barn, little, tawny, long-eared and short-eared owls.