How to pronounce “woodpeckers” in English

Specialized interaction between pileated woodpeckers and carpenter ants-- that's what they rear their young on, carpenter ants.

We had birds like woodpeckers, and rails, and other bird species.

So the fewer woodpeckers and rails you have around, and the more robins and crows you have around, the more West Nile virus you have around.

So you won't have pileated woodpeckers unless you have a lot of carpenter ants.

And it turns out that, unlike woodpeckers and rails, robins and crows are excellent amplifiers of West Nile virus.

I really love birds, and there was loads of these amazing woodpeckers in the woods.

So as long as you have a lot of diverse bird species around, including woodpeckers and rails, you don't have that much West Nile virus

So right now, actually in last 25 years, American Robin populations have doubled as the woodpeckers and rails have vanished.