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Newsletter #197 It’s Green and It Eats Ants. A Woodpecker?

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Nov 30, 2025
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It’s Green and It Eats Ants. A Woodpecker?

The European Green Woodpecker rarely drums, but it laughs loudly.

Its unmistakable call usually gives it away long before you see it. About 30 cm long, these medium-sized birds move nimbly across trunks, climbing effortlessly, and flying in a rolling pattern: a few wingbeats followed by a short glide to the next …

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