Woodpecker Food in the Wild and its characteristics

Woodpecker Food in the Wild and its characteristics

When you hear woodpeckers, usually many people will remember about their ability to make holes in trees or peck on tree trunks. Yes, this is one of the abilities possessed by woodpeckers that most other birds do not have.

Woodpeckers or commonly called order piciformes are capable of destroying tree trunks or punching holes in trees using only the beak. The beak is sharp and strong and has strong muscles in the neck which makes this woodpecker able to make the hole.

Before explaining about woodpecker food that we will discuss this time, maybe some of us will ask, what is the purpose of woodpeckers pecking on tree trunks until they are damaged or hollow? , if it becomes one of the readers' questions, then you can refer to the explanation below.

Characteristics of woodpeckers

To make a hole or destroy the trunk of a tree, the woodpecker or peck the stem quickly, and throw away the results of the already fragile pecking using the tongue and also the beak.

1.Determine the location of ownership

One of the intentions of woodpeckers often pecking on a tree trunk has the intention to indicate that the location belongs to him, so that the competitor of the bird itself knows that it is the bird's territory.

2.Make a nest

In making a nest to lay eggs, each bird has their own favorite place. Woodpeckers have a favorite habit or place to nest in a tree that they make using the strong trigger.

This is of course to avoid predators who will eat it at any time and the location is considered woodpecker is a safe place and not seen by predators.

Usually, nests made by woodpeckers, when not used by woodpeckers, will be used by other birds to nest. Among other things, birds that commonly use woodpecker nests, such as owls, some ducks and also other mammals are attracted to occupy nests made by woodpeckers.

3.Looking for food

Finding food between the bark of a tree becomes one of the ways done by woodpeckers. Where, insects hiding between tree bark will be searched by the woodpecker and for consumption.

Strengths and abilities of woodpeckers

The ability of woodpeckers to be a matter of strength, but it is influenced by the physical advantages it has, including:

1. Besides having a hard, pointed and strong trigger. Woodpeckers have a sticky and long tongue, which has benefits that can prey on insects that can and help in making holes in tree trunks
2. Maybe some of us have seen woodpeckers can stick to vertical trees without falling. Because it is certainly influenced by the claws of a strong woodpecker, so it can perch, even though pecking at the tree trunk
3. Stiff feathers are one of the advantages of woodpeckers that have the benefit of stabilizing them while fighting while pecking on a tree trunk
4. Woodpeckers are capable of pecking tree trunks 20 times in just one second, because they have strong neck muscles and head muscles
5. The woodpecker has a bearing on its head which serves to dampen the pounding of its fast strokes

Well, now we know the strengths and characteristics of woodpeckers. So now you can follow about, the food that is commonly consumed by woodpeckers.

Woodpecker Food

If, my friends have the desire to keep it in a cage, then make sure first, the cage is not made of wood, because it will be easy because it is patented and makes the bird run away.

One way to look for food, woodpeckers will peck between tree trunks and look for food, like kroto, another caterpillar that is liked by the bird.

Kroto

Kroto is very good given to birds that are still in the stage of milling, because the content contained from kroto birds, can improve the brain's memory ability, so that when mastered, the song rhythm that is mastered will be recorded and copied well.

In providing feed from kroto it also has benefits that can be given when stressed woodpeckers cause noise jams or are also lazy and inactive, and can help in providing good stamina and recovering.

Hong Kong caterpillar

This one food is a food favored by many chirping birds, because besides that the food has a high protein content, so it can encourage birds to often release their chirps and also make them active.

However, there are a number of issues regarding excessive feeding and must also pay attention to the quality of the hongkong caterpillar itself, because remembering the food comes from a dirty place, as usual in a chicken coop and other places.

 

Once, it can provide feed from this hongkong caterpillar, to supplement the protein needed by birds. But give it enough, because the hongkong caterpillar when consorted by birds will make the body warm, but when the amount consumed is too much, it will make the body heat that is not good for the bird itself.

From several cases, feed from hongkong caterpillar can make pet birds become sore eyes and interfere with digestion, therefore the quality of woodpecker feed needs to be noticed.

Crickets

Crickets are a favorite food of birds, especially for woodpeckers. High protein content into this feed is good given to birds chirping which can make it more active and diligent in singing.

Voer

Maybe some of the chirping mania, have difficulty getting food in the wild, such as feed from crickets, shrimp caterpillars, kroto and so on. So, feed from Voer can be made an alternative to woodpeckers.

However, before buying it, pay attention to the protein content, carbohydrates and other nutrients. In order for the completeness of the nutrition of the bird to be fulfilled by feed from Voer, even though the bird is not fed from small insects, such as jangrik, kroto.