North America's smallest woodpeckers have special feathers that prevent inhaling wood chips while pecking. Their brain is protected from shock by a pad of spongy material between their bill and their skull.
North America's smallest woodpeckers have special feathers that prevent inhaling wood chips while pecking. Their brain is protected from shock by a pad of spongy material between their bill and their skull.
Cool fact: It's powerful beak can exert up to 125 pounds of force to crush seeds and other hard food items, which is stronger than the average human's bite force.
Cool fact: It's powerful beak can exert up to 125 pounds of force to crush seeds and other hard food items, which is stronger than the average human's bite force.
Male Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis - nonmigratory, sometimes sing duets with mate
Male House Finch - Haemorhous mexicanus - males get their red color from carotenoids in their diet of seeds and fruits
Male Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis - nonmigratory, sometimes sing duets with mate
Male House Finch - Haemorhous mexicanus - males get their red color from carotenoids in their diet of seeds and fruits
/d(y)əˈres/
noun: duress
Threats, violence, constraints, or other action brought to bear on someone to do something against their will or better judgment.
"confessions extracted under duress"
/d(y)əˈres/
noun: duress
Threats, violence, constraints, or other action brought to bear on someone to do something against their will or better judgment.
"confessions extracted under duress"
Northern cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis - adult female
Red-bellied woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus - adult female
Carolina chickadee - Poecile carolinensis - adult
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Northern cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis - adult female
Red-bellied woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus - adult female
Carolina chickadee - Poecile carolinensis - adult
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