Through the Lens: Acorn Woodpecker

The Acorn Woodpecker is a favorite among bird watchers. It has a clown like appearance and the unique habit of storing acorns in a favored tree that is often used by generations of birds. Wildlife Photographer Marie Read shares her experience photographing the behaviors of these lively birds.

[cc]

when I see the trees look like this just make me feel itchy

[Oona]

We have lots of these cuties here where I live. I love how you can hear them long before you can see them ❤ Wake up!

[berkeleybernie]

This video made me smile. :) An oak log was brought to our recycling yard a few days ago, riddled with holes stuffed with acorns. That's how I learned about this bird.

[Christiamorous]

I heard these everyday in the Spring when I was hiking the Pacific Crest Trail in Southern California. I loved waking up to the sound of them.

[barbarawashington]

I have a hillside filled with tall oaks very close to my home. Within a hundred yards. Im sitting outside and after I played this video, an acorn woodpecker on the hill answered the recorded bird calls with his own calls.
Nice!

[kbkesq]

She left out that the woodpeckers largely do this to eat the acorn weevils worms that grow inside the acorns. They are livestock farming which is all the more fascinating.

[triciaohara]

How wonderful to see them in their habitat beyond the congenial acorn woodpecker trio at the birdbath.

[muttleyinlove]

I just took a birding trip to Costa Rica and saw many of these birds together from La Selva to Savegre Valley. Lots of fun to watch; I agree! Nice video.

[terrym]

Lots of these birds around our home in the Central Sierra around 4000 ft. elevation. Love to watch them flit around and place their acorns of which we have many.

[bruhbun]

I just found an oak tree looking like this I had no idea they did this! Thanks for the video

[springe-school]

These birds are really very clever
So fun to see this bird

[NaturesGarlands]

What an amazing sight the tree with the stored acorns. We can believe that this woodpecker is a favorite among bird watchers. Unfortunately we haven't seen one yet. Its behavior is a little bit similar to the Eurasian jay.

[TaraDavidson_OzarksArtist]

We have a growing population of Red-Headed Woodpeckers here in Mid-Missouri woodlands. I thought y'all would be pleased to know that there are at least 50 on my Mom's land just North of the Lake of the Ozarks. They were a JOY to see, and photograph.

[karmakimeleon]

I was watching a family group at Chantry Flats this past weekend, and found it funny they were using both a tree and a sign post as granaries. The post had nearly identical sized holes leading to the inner cavity. So in this case they are working smarter not harder. My favorite socal bird.

[naturesviewwithanishkhira]

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[robinhuff]

Thank you for the introduction to this delightful bird. I’d just viewed a video of a guy finding an acorn stash~between his wood siding and insulation. At least a couple of pickup loads of acorns! The funniest not-funny situation, ever.

[jonaskatona]

We have these all the time in our neighborhood, and there are tons of them that like to hang out in the oak grove behind our house. We see them hopping and climbing on the trees all the time, as well as drumming, but I didn't know that they did all of these other things as well.

[djkarasun]

great video over all, stunning captures esp. when the 4 come together to do their open wing display, well narrated

[anothersacrifice]

Love seeing/hearing them around here(I live in an oak/chaparral region of Southern California).

[wolfsea]

a beautiful film we love woodpeckers we have the pileated and others here in British columbia,
thank you for this film.