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Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae. Scolopacidae is a large diverse family of small to medium-sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlews, godwits, shanks, tattlers, woodcocks, snipes, dowitchers, and phalaropes. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil.
The downy woodpecker ( Dryobates pubescens) is a species of woodpecker, the smallest in North America. Length ranges from 14 to 18 cm (5.5 to 7.1 in). Downy woodpeckers primarily live in forested areas throughout the United States and Canada, with the exception of deserts in the southwest and the northern tundra.
View west along WV 95 just west of I-77 in Parkersburg. West Virginia Route 95 is an east–west state highway in the Parkersburg, West Virginia area. The western terminus of the route is at West Virginia Route 68 west of Parkersburg. The eastern terminus is at Interstate 77/West Virginia Route 2 exit 173 in Parkersburg. Major intersections
Drivers have been stranded for more than 15 hours on a major interstate in Virginia after the first mid-Atlantic storm of the year dumped more than a foot of snow on the region.
Road crews struggled to reach hundreds of motorists on Tuesday after they were stranded all night in freezing temperatures along The post Drivers snowed-in all night as I-95 shuts down in Virginia ...
Woodpeckers are part of the bird family Picidae, which also includes the piculets, wrynecks and sapsuckers. [ 1] Members of this family are found worldwide, except for Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand, Madagascar and the extreme polar regions. Most species live in forests or woodland habitats, although a few species are known that live in ...
Hundreds of vehicles were left stranded on a snowy Interstate 95 in Fredericksburg, Virginia, for hours into early January 4, due to what the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) reported ...
The closely related imperial woodpecker ( C. imperialis) of western Mexico is the largest woodpecker in the world. The ivory-billed woodpecker has a total length of 48 to 53 cm (19 to 21 in) and, based on scant information, weighs approximately 450 to 570 g (0.99 to 1.26 lb). Its wingspan is typically 76 cm (30 in).