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Close to twenty species of woodpeckers live in ''Jorth America. Most woodpeckers live all year in the same area and do not migrate.
Woodpeckers can be found in a variety of habitats including, farmlands, open woodlands, orchards, oak and pine woods, parks, gardens and our backyards.
Woodpeckers are very beneficial to our environment. They eat thousands of wood boring insects and other garden pests. You can usually observe most woodpeckers spiraling around a tree trunk in search of food.
Attracting woodpeckers to your own backyard is very enjoyable and these birds will reward you by eating insect pests in your garden such as crickets, ants, grasshoppers, flies, spiders, wasps, beetles, and grubs. A single flicker can eat thousands of carpenter ants in one day.
Woodpeckers dine mostly on insects, but will also eat acorns, nuts, fruit, sap, berries and pine seeds. Offering suet in your backyard is the best enticement to attract woodpeckers. Smear suet in the bark of a tree or offer suet cakes in wire cages. Ready to use suet cakes are available in a variety of types, such as peanut, seed, berry and raisin flavors and can be found at your local bird supply store.
Woodpeckers will come to your backyard feeder if you have a feeder with plenty of perching space and offer their favorite food, which is black-oiled sunflower seed. Some woodpeckers will be attracted to cracked corn, grapes, raisins and apples offered on a platform feeder.
Create or preserve a snag in your backyard. A snag can be an old dead tree or tree stump. Snags are extremely important for providing food, nest sites and homes for woodpeckers. Many woodpeckers prefer dead or rotting trees for excavating their nest holes.
Planting an oak tree in your yard will aid in attracting woodpeckers because acorns are a favorite food. Planting pine trees is also a way of inviting woodpeckers to your yard. Woodpeckers will love the shelr
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