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Discover Wisconsin’s woodpeckers

Jerry Davis For Agri-View
Dec 16, 2023
Dec 16, 2023

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Male Red-bellied Woodpeckers have a more-complete red cap than females.

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Most antlered deer are still carrying their antlers.

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A raft of 26 wild turkeys leaves a soybean field; the fall season closes Jan. 7. 2024.

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A male Hairy Woodpecker, larger than a Downy Woodpecker, eyes peanuts in a feeder.

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A fox squirrel uses its nose, not memory, to find buried acorns.

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Jerry Davis For Agri-View

All five of Wisconsin’s native woodpeckers may visit feeders from time to time, pecking at suet chunks or various fruits and nuts offered. Recent gun-deer hunters reported the specialized “drillers” perched in dead trees near deer stands.

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