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#1 goofy166

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Posted 25 June 2005 - 01:32 PM

Acorn Woodpecker

#2 spookyjimjams

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Posted 28 June 2012 - 12:29 AM

The sounds for Akohekohe are on the Acorn Woodpecker on the Android app. The Acorn Woodpecker are also listed.
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#3 Bird Brain

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Posted 02 July 2012 - 05:04 AM

Acorn Woodpecker...the "clown" of the Woodpeckers.

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Posted 18 July 2012 - 03:18 AM

One of the birds I have actually seen and can identify now! :) You are right, they do kind of look like a clown!
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Posted 21 July 2012 - 07:13 AM

They are goofy. Even their calls are comical. My guide gives the words "waka waka waka" for it. I guess they're the Fozzie Bears of the bird world.
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