BirdsEyeWoodpecker Finch Photo by Ann Doty
- Location
- Ecuador > Galápagos
- Date
- Jun 27, 2019
- Caption
- #photocontest2019
Santa Cruz Los Gemelos sinkholes
Galapagos Ecuador
with VENT tour guide Michael O'Brien
In a sense the Woodpecker Finch is among the most famous of all birds. It is not a visually striking species, being largely pale grayish-brown above, and pale yellowish white below, lacking any obvious features other than a longish bill for a Darwin’s Finch. What does make it famous is its use of tools! In order to extract grubs from twigs, it is known to find a hard short twig, break it into the right length, and use it to spear and extract insect prey.
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