Storing Food: The Granaries of Acorn Woodpeckers | Bird Academy • The Cornell Lab
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Storing Food: The Granaries of Acorn Woodpeckers | Bird Academy • The Cornell Lab
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Have you ever seen woodpeckers “tattoo” their acorns into the holes they create in trees? "Woodpeckers: The Hole Story" premieres Wednesday, November 2 at 8/7c on PBS. [VID: Every member of the family serves on acorn security duty. A ground squirrel boldly climbs the oak, only to find the entire tree is woodpecker property. Any outsider, whether furry or feathered, is swiftly dispatched. What worries the family most are raiding parties of competing acorn woodpeckers. All across the valley, group
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Have you ever seen woodpeckers “tattoo” their acorns into the holes they create in trees? "Woodpeckers: The Hole Story" premieres Wednesday, November 2 at 8/7c on PBS. [VID: Every member of the family serves on acorn security duty. A ground squirrel boldly climbs the oak, only to find the entire tree is woodpecker property. Any outsider, whether furry or feathered, is swiftly dispatched. What worries the family most are raiding parties of competing acorn woodpeckers. All across the valley, group
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This acorn woodpecker isn’t just saving food — it’s building the future. 🌳🐦 Each year, these birds drill thousands of tiny holes in trees, packing them tight with acorns for the winter. Every acorn must fit perfectly — if one feels loose, they move it to a better hole. They work together in family groups, passing down the same trees for generations. Some “granary trees” hold over 10,000 acorns! And when a few drop and sprout into new oaks, the woodpeckers unknowingly help grow the next forest
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This acorn woodpecker isn’t just saving food — it’s building the future. 🌳🐦 Each year, these birds drill thousands of tiny holes in trees, packing them tight with acorns for the winter. Every acorn must fit perfectly — if one feels loose, they move it to a better hole. They work together in family groups, passing down the same trees for generations. Some “granary trees” hold over 10,000 acorns! And when a few drop and sprout into new oaks, the woodpeckers unknowingly help grow the next forest
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Many of you asked how our filmmakers got those woodpecker shots... here's how! Woodpeckers: The Hole Story" is now streaming: https://to.pbs.org/3FkIBgL [VID: Today in particular, I'm trying to film some of the granary activity, where the acorn woodpeckers will take the acorn, pull it out of the hole, one hole that they've created, and put it into one of a thousand other holes. But a lot of the activity is happening higher up, than what we can cover on the ground. So our solution has been to uti
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