Below is a video of a woodpecker hammering on a tree. This particular woodpecker is a Lineated Woodpecker that lives in South America. It looks very similar in size and colour to the Pileated Woodpecker that lives here in BC.
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In this next video a scientists is using the actual skull and tongue of a deceased woodpecker to demonstrate how the tongue wraps around the birds head. It’s fascinating but if you are a bit squeamish about these things, you may want to skip it.
This video shows a Pileated Woodpecker, a large and local bird, making a large hole in a tree.