Red Headed Woodpecker Weymouth Woods Sandhills Preserve NC Stock Photo

Did you know that Red-headed Woodpeckers are dedicated omnivores?Flying from tree to tree, they’re known to eat invertebrates, acorns, beechnuts, chestnuts, fruit, seeds, berries, corn, lizards, mice, eggs, and even the young of other birds!The changing seasons have an effect on what they eat. During the spring and summer, they’ll hunt for insects and small animals. In the cooler months of the fall and winter, they’ll switch over to eating seeds and nuts.