. . sturdylittle fellow and in flight will sometimes rise high in air andfly long and steadily, dipping only slightly over the has the full strength of his convictions and will drive abig flicker from a sycamore and then stretch up on a branchand call out triumphantly. Two Nuttalls trying to decidewhether to fight are an amusing sight. They shake theirfeathers and scold and dance about as if they were aching tofly at each other, but couldnt quite make up their minds. THREE-TOED WOODPECKER The Three-toed Woodpecker is residen
. . sturdylittle fellow and in flight will sometimes rise high in air andfly long and steadily, dipping only slightly over the has the full strength of his convictions and will drive abig flicker from a sycamore and then stretch up on a branchand call out triumphantly. Two Nuttalls trying to decidewhether to fight are an amusing sight. They shake theirfeathers and scold and dance about as if they were aching tofly at each other, but couldnt quite make up their minds. THREE-TOED WOODPECKER The Three-toed Woodpecker is resident through Canadaand into northern United States. It has the peculiar struc-ture of only three toes on each foot. It is a restless, active bird, spending its time generallyon the topmost branches of the tallest trees, without, how-ever, confining itself to pines. Its movements resemble thoseof the red-cockaded woodpecker. Like it, it will alight,climb along a branch, seek for insects there, and in a veryfew moments remove to another part of the same tree, or to. AMERICAN THREE TOED ; Picoides americanus).
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