Black-backed Woodpecker
| Picoides arcticus | Order: Piciformes | Family: Picidae (Woodpeckers) |
Picoides arcticus
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae (Woodpeckers)
The Black-backed Woodpecker (once known as the Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker) specializes on burnt forests, feeding on the wood-boring beetles that feed on newly burnt wood. It softly pecks in the crevices of bark to flake it off, to get at the bugs beneath.
The male’s yellow cap can be surprisingly difficult to see from many angles, yet from the right angles is beautifully conspicuous.
Laura's Published Works
Radio Programs
- Bog Birding 2021
- Superb Owl Sunday 2019 2019
- A Trip to the Bog 2018
- Savoring Birds with Friends 2018
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2016
- Laura and Pip's "Sort-of-a-Big-Day" Recap 2015
- A Walk in Port Wing 2013
- Birding in Northern New Hampshire 2012
- Duluth Christmas Bird Count 2007 2007
- Duluth Audubon Field Trip! 2007
- American Three-toed Woodpecker 2007
- October 2006 Bird Update 2006
- Homesickness (from Arkansas) 2006
- Sax-Zim Bog Issue 2006
- Christmas Bird Count 2003 2003
- Where the Boids Are 2003
- Isabella Christmas Bird Count 2003
- Black-backed Woodpecker 2001
- Black-backed Woodpecker 2000
- Black-backed Woodpecker 1999
- Black-backed Woodpecker (Placeholder) 1992
- Christmas Bird Count Summary, 1989 1989
- Contest Winners! 1989
- Bird Report 1989
- Woodpeckers 1987
- Christmas Bird Count 1986 1986
- Black-backed Woodpecker 1986