Monday, May 7, 2012

Pileated Tongue

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Shooting backyard birds today from the comfort of the house, I took this photo of a female Pileated Woodpecker working on a peanut in the peanut feeder.  That is her tongue moving things around.  - Rick Hamlin
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Ric said...

Yes, and that tongue is so long it has to wrap up around her skull when she's not using it!

May 7, 2012 at 8:30 AM

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