endangered red-headed woodpecker
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estepnoski
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Endangered Red-headed woodpecker
They catch insects in the air to eat.
scientific name: Melanerpes erthrocephalus
Hammering their habitats to create the perfect home made from large Pines with open forest, this beautiful crimson head, black and white wing bird is declining duely because of habitat loss and changes of its food supply ( seeds, acrons, fruit, insects).Picture: Knowway, Canada, May 2011
Picture: Cleber Ferreira, Joe overstreet Rd., Florida, September 2011
Protection in many areas all over North Carolina now have established the red-headed woodpecker sanctuaries. These have very strict laws and cannot be cut down or messed with.
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