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The Preserve is home to seven species of woodpecker. You'll often hear them before you see them. Learn to recognize their distinct calls and drumming.
Woodpecker Drumming
Woodpeckers at Conestee Nature Preserve
All recordings courtesy of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library.
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
Macaulay Library | Cornell Lab
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus
Macaulay Library | Cornell Lab
Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Macaulay Library | Cornell Lab
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus
NorthernFlickerDrumming Macaulay Library | Cornell Lab
Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens
Macaulay Library | Cornell Lab
Hairy Woodpecker
Leuconotopicus villosus
Macaulay Library | Cornell Lab
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius
Macaulay Library | Cornell Lab
Woodpecker Songs
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
Macaulay Library | Cornell Lab
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Melanerpes carolinus
Macaulay Library | Cornell Lab
Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Macaulay Library | Cornell Lab
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus
Macaulay Library | Cornell Lab
Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens
Macaulay Library | Cornell Lab
Hairy Woodpecker
Leuconotopicus villosus
Macaulay Library | Cornell Lab
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius
Macaulay Library | Cornell Lab
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