{"id":36755,"date":"2018-09-19T12:19:25","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T16:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/?p=36755"},"modified":"2018-09-19T12:19:25","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T16:19:25","slug":"gallery-a-downy-woodpeckers-swiss-army-beak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/gallery-a-downy-woodpeckers-swiss-army-beak\/","title":{"rendered":"Gallery: A Downy Woodpecker's Swiss Army Beak"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n              <figure class=\"size-large alignnone\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DownyByPhil.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DownyByPhil-e1536680884478.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DownyByPhil-e1536680884478-720x1141.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DownyByPhil-e1536680884478-768x1217.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DownyByPhil-e1536680884478-480x761.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/DownyByPhil-e1536680884478.jpg 896w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"Downy Woodpecker by Bartels Science Illustrator Phillip Krzeminski\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n                <figcaption><em>Downy Woodpecker by Bartels Science Illustrator Phillip Krzeminski.<\/em><\/figcaption>\n              <\/figure>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group sidebar-alignright sidebar-space order-bottom\"><div class=\"article-list list-style alignright\"><h2 class=\"article-list-header\">More From Living Bird<\/h2><ul><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media  content-living-bird-toc\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TOC-FI-Whimbrel-JOhnson.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TOC-FI-Whimbrel-JOhnson-720x405.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TOC-FI-Whimbrel-JOhnson-240x135.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TOC-FI-Whimbrel-JOhnson-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TOC-FI-Whimbrel-JOhnson-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/TOC-FI-Whimbrel-JOhnson.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"Whimbrel chick in Manitoba, Canada. Photo by Andy Johnson.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">Living Bird Autumn 2018\u2014Table of Contents<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media  content-living-bird-toc\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-latest.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-latest.png 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-latest-240x180.png 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-latest-480x360.png 480w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"Living Bird-latest issue\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">Living Bird Magazine\u2014Latest Issue<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"article-item\"><div class=\"article-item-container\"><div class=\"article-item-media  content-article\"><figure class=\"article-item-media-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-acrhive.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-acrhive.png 720w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-acrhive-240x180.png 240w, https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/living-bird-acrhive-480x360.png 480w\" sizes=\"\" alt=\"Living Bird archives\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"article-item-body\"><span class=\"article-item-header\">Living Bird Magazine Archives<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<p><small><em>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/living-bird-autumn-2018-table-of-contents\/\">Autumn 2018<\/a> issue of <\/em>Living Bird<em> magazine. <a href=\"https:\/\/join.birds.cornell.edu\/ea-action\/action?ea.client.id=1806&amp;ea.campaign.id=24577&amp;ea.tracking.id=LBO\">Subscribe now<\/a>.<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n<p>Downy Woodpeckers drill for their food, but this species has a less chisel-shaped bill than other North American woodpeckers. Downies can also use their beaks as a pick to pierce open insect tunnels just beneath the surface of tree bark, and as a pair of fine-pointed forceps for picking up tiny insect eggs from a leaf.<\/p>\n<p>Find out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/guide\/Downy_Woodpecker\/overview\">more about Downy Woodpeckers<\/a> in our All About Birds species guide.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bartels Science Illustrator Phillip Krzeminski created this illustration for the Beak Adaptations Exploration Station\u2014an interactive exhibit at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology that helps visitors understand how birds\u2019 beaks are adapted to what they eat.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Autumn 2018 issue of Living Bird magazine. Subscribe now. Downy Woodpeckers drill for their food, but this species has a less chisel-shaped bill than other North American woodpeckers.<a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allaboutbirds.org\/news\/gallery-a-downy-woodpeckers-swiss-army-beak\/\" title=\"ReadGallery: A Downy Woodpecker&#8217;s Swiss Army Beak\">&#8230; Read more 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