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Red-cockaded woodpecker [MichaelWarren.com]

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Posted August 4, 2023 | By Michael Warren

Red-cockaded woodpecker

This red-cockaded woodpecker is an endangered species that lives in mature pine forests. There are about 6,000 families of them left, and they’ve been on the endangered species list since 1970. Check out eBird.org from Cornell University to find where they’ve been sighted locally.

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