Here is a
picture of a downy woodpecker just
before it's released, taken on 070512.
Woodpeckers use their hard tale as a third peg to balance on when they are
pecking at a tree. They have extremely long tongues with needle-like barbs on
the end so they can grab food out of trees. Their tongue starts all the way back
to
the backside of its left eye! Paul (far right), a naturalist (Osprey Expert) helps
at the event. See
how much he loves ospreys.
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photo jfj
39 sec. for a larger pic.
Many attendees, especially kids did enjoy releasing birds after Ron banded them
with the help of Paul. Ron and Paul also let the attendees hear a bird's heart
beat. Ron told us that a
bird's heart beats around 400 times per minute.
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