Common, but Commonly Overlooked: Red-bellied Woodpeckers as Songbird Nest Predators

Kirsten R. Hazler; Dawn E. W. Drumtra; Matthew R. Marshall; Robert J. Cooper; Paul B. Hamel

doi:10.1656/1528-7092(2004)003[0467:CBCORW]2.0.CO;2

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Kirsten R. Hazler,^*,** Dawn E. W. Drumtra,^*** Matthew R. Marshall,^**** Robert J. Cooper,^* Paul B. Hamel^*****

^*Warnell School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
^***Corresponding author - krh5938@forestry.uga.edu
^***Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
^****National Park Service, 204C Ferguson Building, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802
^*****USDA Forest Service, Center for Bottomland Hardwoods Research, PO Box 227, Stoneville, MS 38776

Abstract

Woodpeckers in North America are not widely recognized as nest predators. In this paper, we describe several eyewitness accounts of songbird nest predation by Red-bellied Woodpeckers (Melanerpes carolinus), document evidence that songbirds recognize woodpeckers as nest predators, and show that our observations are consistent with previously published notes. We believe that this species, commonly overlooked, may be an important predator of songbird nests in many eastern North American forests.

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Kirsten R. Hazler, Dawn E. W. Drumtra, Matthew R. Marshall, Robert J. Cooper, and Paul B. Hamel "Common, but Commonly Overlooked: Red-bellied Woodpeckers as Songbird Nest Predators," Southeastern Naturalist 3(3), 467-474, (1 September 2004). https://doi.org/10.1656/1528-7092(2004)003[0467:CBCORW]2.0.CO;2

Published: 1 September 2004

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