woodpeckers
- plural of woodpecker.
Example Sentences
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The residents watched the same deer, coyotes and woodpeckers and played tennis and swam with the same dramatic backdrop of the Santa Monica Mountains.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026
He also adores green woodpeckers having become infatuated with one of his grandfather's table mats which featured an illustration of one.
From BBC • Aug. 4, 2024
Snag-reliant woodpeckers are of particular importance among those species, acting as ecosystem engineers through their foraging and nesting activities.
From Science Daily • Jan. 23, 2024
Hanson said seedlings are rising from the ashes in high-severity patches of fire and the dead wood provides habitat for imperiled spotted owls, Pacific fishers and rare woodpeckers.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2023
Croaking frogs, buzzing flies, and tapping woodpeckers provide the background music.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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