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Show Habits of Iho Woodpecker Tho red headed woodpecker feeds almost exclusively olT insects nod grubs burrowed In wood nod chi-cls chi-cls out homes In trees and pole, Nature Is bountiful In equipping woodpeckers. Their beaks are hard s steel, keen as rarors. Thcv have I"tK toes to grip precarious snr-f'u-rs. Their tails are spiked for support, as well bianco. Even Iheir ton,;,,,.., lin, cvliml, ioal, pointed point-ed nnd barbed, so they can scrape od fv'xn sm.,11 holes. Generally farmers arc down tho red headed ''''ios. " sometime, ,;nient, " '"sect diet will, rKi:s, .-on, from mowing tn voung fowl, which it scoop., out after Phl ing tl,P unforlunale chick's head. |