Downy woodpecker drumming #reels #birds #nature #sound #singing | Okicau

Downy woodpeckers are widespread across the continent, living year-round in mixed-wood forests. They use their bills to chisel away at bark and pulp to find wood-boring insects, but that’s not all—they also communicate with them, via drumming! Woodpecker drumming is similar to the calls and songs of other birds: they communicate a variety of needs, and they are also distinct to each woodpecker species! Video description: A male downy woodpecker in a leafy canopy drums on a dead tree trunk, accom