The Woodpeckers, by Fannie Hardy Eckstorm – Updated
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THE WOODPECKERS
BY
FANNIE HARDY ECKSTORM
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY The Riverside Press, Cambridge 1901*
COPYRIGHT, 1900, BY FANNIE HARDY ECKSTORM
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
To
MY FATHER MR. MANLY HARDY A Lifelong Naturalist
* These titles will become active as they are written.
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| Foreword: the Riddlers | ||
| I. | How to know a Woodpecker | |
| II. | How the Woodpecker catches a Grub | |
| III. | How the Woodpecker courts his Mate | |
| IV. | How the Woodpecker makes a House | |
| V. | How a Flicker feeds her Young | |
| VI. | Friend Downy | |
| VII. | Persona non Grata. (Yellow-bellied Sapsucker) | |
| VIII. | El Carpintero. (Californian Woodpecker) | |
| IX. | A Red-headed Cousin. (Red-headed Woodpecker) | |
| X. | A Study of Acquired Habits | |
| XI. | The Woodpecker’s Tools: His Bill | |
| XII. | The Woodpecker’s Tools: His Foot | |
| XIII. | The Woodpecker’s Tools: His Tail | |
| XIV. | The Woodpecker’s Tools: His Tongue | |
| XV. | How each Woodpecker is fitted for his own Kind of Life | |
| XVI. | The Argument from Design | |
| . | APPENDIX – Terms | |
| . | APPENDIX – Key | |
| . | APPENDIX – Descriptions |
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Pileated and Red-bellied Woodpecker on same tree by Ray
Lee’s Addition:
Its leaves were lovely, Its fruit abundant, And in it was food for all. The beasts of the field found shade under it, The birds of the heavens dwelt in its branches, And all flesh was fed from it. (Daniel 4:12 NKJV)
* This my updated version of The Woodpeckers with current information and photos. *
* This series is about North American Woodpeckers, but here is a neat one from one from South America. *
Yellow-fronted Woodpecker (Melanerpes flavifrons) by Dario Sanches
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Lee's Birdwatching Adventures Plus 