Summer Birds of the Redwoods, 



pecker hammers the bark to which he 

 clings. Soon the insect for which he 

 has been probing is dislodged. Quick 

 as a flash the long, slender tongue, 

 which is tucked away as far around as 

 the back of the head, is darted out, and 

 the unlucky grub is impaled upon the 

 barbed tip. 



There is one of our woodpeckers, 

 and this the commonest species found 

 among our redwoods, which has become 

 famous the world over on account of its 

 curious habit of storing acorns in the 

 trunks of trees. A dead redwood is the 

 favorite receptacle for its store, and I 

 have seen trees of this sort as com- 

 pletely riddled from top to bottom 

 with acorn holes as if filled with a 

 charge of grape shot. When the acorns 

 are in proper condition, the birds will 

 bore holes in the redwoods selected for 

 the purpose, and flying off to the oak 

 trees, return with an acorn of just suffi- 

 cient size to be firmly lodged in the 

 receptacle prepared. In this manner an 

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