Woodpeckers

Woodpeckers are birds known for pecking into trees and typically found on wooded areas. There are some proximate causes about why woodpeckers peck into trees. First of all, woodpeckers use their peak to communicate with other birds instead of signing like a typical bird does.

Another proximate cause of their behavior is woodpeckers peck into trees because of food. When they peck into trees they can reach their favorite food like ants, larvae and other insects that live in trees. An ultimate cause for this behavior is woodpeckers can get food and survive during the winter because many insects hibernate into the trees and they are not easy to find on the surface. Therefore, woodpecker’s beak pecks away until he reaches food.

A curious behavior is that woodpeckers peck into trees in order to establish their territory and get attention from a mate. Also, woodpeckers peck to make holes in order to build a nest and put their eggs inside. This behavior  will let woodpeckers have their family and protect the eggs. The ultimate cause for this behavior is to keep the specie and survive. When woodpeckers peck into the trees they are looking for food, a nest, a mate or trying to communicate. Any of these this reasons allows this bird to keep alive, then get a mate to finally breed.