Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 608
woodpecker.As he clings to the side of a dead limb on somegiant of the forest, his strokes ring out clear andloud, and so fast that they cannot be counted. The large, juicy grubs that burrow in the heartof the dead and dying trees form the birds chieffood, and with his powerful bill, which serves… … THE ASTONISHING HAMMER AND CHISEL WORK OFA PILEATED WOODPECKER. was a fine sight with his black and crimson cresterect and his head thrown back, alert for anysign of danger. He had evidently started on thetree some fifteen feet from the base, and had tornit to the heart and almost to the ground,…
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