Some Woodpeckers are Bad Luck

Apparently, the word “jinx” derives from a certain Old World woodpecker. Do you know which one? Take your guess and check your answer. Good luck!

Mike is a leading authority in the field of standardized test preparation, but he's also a traveler who fully expects to see every bird in the world. Besides founding 10,000 Birds in 2003, Mike has also created a number of other entertaining but now extirpated nature blog resources, particularly the Nature Blog Network and I and the Bird.

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  • Jochen
    July 28, 2012 6:09:26 am

    Yet another snakebird with a funky dance (Carrie will know).

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  • Corey
    July 31, 2012 6:55:30 am

    Wrynecks!

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  • Haley
    February 09, 2013 10:39:37 am

    A woodpecker woke me up pecking on the roofside of my house and when I got up it flew away, about two and a half hours later a different one started pecking. What does this mean? And my house is not wood either, it is vinal.

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