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The Hairy Woodpecker is shyer than its smaller
cousin, the Downy Woodpecker and is more a forest bird. Hairy
Woodpeckers help save both forest and fruit trees by destroying many harmful
insects, making it one of the most beneficial birds. It extract
insects, such as the wood-boring beetle, from holes with its barbed
tongue. During the courtship ceremony it hammers on dead limbs and to
proclaim its territory.
It range covers most of North America from Alaska and across
Canada south to the Gulf of Mexico. Some northern birds migrate south
for the winter.
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