Far from being destroyed, a naturally burned forest harbors extraordinarily rich biological diversity, and there's no better flagship species to help us embrace that than the black-backed woodpecker.

The diet of the American Woodpecker is mainly insects and fruit. However, it will eat peanut kernels from a bird feeder. ・Scientific name: Melanerpes formicivorus With a name like Acorn ...

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In Native American astrology, the woodpecker is associated with the heart of nature, because of the red spot on its head and the way it taps the trunks of trees like a beating heart. It also has ...