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Most woodpecker species in the United States and Canada display a mix of black, white, and red plumage, but don’t tell the Lewis’s Woodpecker. Its unusual mix of colors includes a red face, pink belly, glossy green back, crown, and nape, and silver-gray collar. The bird is simply stunning.

Lewis’s Woodpecker also differs from other members of its family in many of its foraging styles and food choices. In the summer, the bird eats mostly insects, catching them in flight by swooping out from a perch like a flycatcher or

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The Canada Jay is a bird of many evocative nicknames, including Camp Robber, Gorby, and Whiskyjack. The first two names refer to this bird’s exceptionally tame, bold behavior around humans. “Gorby” is thought to derive from the Scots-Irish word gorb, meaning “glutton.” Folklore told that a gorby was the soul of a dead woodsman, and that any harm done to a gorby rebounded upon the person who harmed the bird.

Clever, curious, and opportunistic, the Canada Jay is incredibly tame and very bold around humans. Some Canada Jays will even

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American Bird Conservancy (ABC) is taking bold action for birds in 2025 and beyond — and we need your help!

For more than 30 years, ABC has benefited 3,000 bird species and conserved 10 million acres of habitat, working together with our partners across the Americas. But the challenges facing birds today are more urgent than ever.

Will you help us continue to build the bridge From Wonder to Action by supporting bird conservation? Join ABC and take bold action for birds today: https://act.abcbirds.org/a/donate-fa25-web-gen?ms=yt_ask_gen_findthem_30sec