Woodpeckers

Woodpeckers — page 1 — LIVING WILD Published by Creative Education P O Box 227 Mankato Minnesota 56002 Creative Education is an imprint of The Creative Company www thecreativecompany us Design and production by Mary Herrmann Art direction by Rita Marshall Printed in the United States of America Photographs by Alamy Stuart Clarke William Leaman Rolf Nussbaumer Photography jack thomas Corbis Araldo de Luca Heritage Images Dreamstime Rinus Baak Cammeraydave Epstefanov David Maixner Mirceax Ron Chapple Studios Simplyzel Trishz Victortyakht Flickr Somchai Kanchanasut Getty Images After John James Audubon Gary Meszaros NASA Hulton Archive Pete Oxford Frank Schneidermeyer iStockphoto Robin Arnold Robert Blanchard Steve Byland Bryan Eastham eROMAZe Ronald Glovan Georgios Kollidas kumakuma1216 Frank Leung Liz Leyden Richard Lindie Daniel Parent Dieter Spears Michael Thompson Vassiliy Vishnevskiy Wildpix 645 CK Leong National Aviary National Museum of the American Indian Smithsonian Institution 20 9651 Shutterstock FotoVeto Brendan Howard Martha Marks Ron Rowan Photography Vishnevskiy Vasily Superstock Belinda Images Copyright 2013 Creative Education International copyright reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gish Melissa Woodpeckers by Melissa Gish p cm Living wild Includes bibliographical references and index Summary A look at woodpeckers including their habitats physical characteristics such as their hammering beaks behaviors relationships with humans and protected status in the world today ISBN 978-1-60818-172-8 hard cover ISBN 978-1-56660-134-4 eBook 1 Woodpeckers Juvenile literature I Title QL696 P56G57 2012 598 7’2 dc23 2011035796 First Edition 987654321 CREATIVE EDUCATION

Woodpeckers — page 2 — WOODPECKERS Melissa Gish

Woodpeckers — page 3 — On a cool October morning in southwestern Colorado’s San Juan National Forest a group of

Woodpeckers — page 4 — birds with black backs white bellies and brilliant red caps ﬂits among a stand of ponderosa pines

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