Sentence examples for nest hole from inspiring English sources

Reported downy woodpecker had chiselled nest hole through cement filling of hollow limb.

Bowes and Allen (1969) observed a female quetzal attack a stuffed quetzal placed outside her nest hole.

They once noted a female leave the nest hole, preen for five minutes, and then return to the hole.

A tapping sound heard in the woods just now may be a green woodpecker digging out a nest hole in a tree trunk with its beak.

Perhaps it's the owner of the recently drilled nest hole with soft reddish edges in a dying oak tree, with marks in the bark where toes have gripped.

They also described the vocalizations shared by both sexes: 1) wahc-ah-wahc (Skutch's wac-wac) identification call; 2) wec-wec agitation call with accompanying flick of tail; 3) coouee ascending whistle from high in trees or nest hole; 4) uwac ascending call during courtship chase; 5) guttural chatter from tree tops when disturbed; 6) nasal whining buzzing of begging chicks.

The woodpeckers dig out nest cavities in the dead trees — a new one each year — creating homes for many other cavity-nesting species, like the mountain bluebird, that cannot create their own nest holes.

Though small-billed, piculets dig nest holes in soft wood.

All were within the size range of nest holes made by pileated woodpeckers.

They often damage fruit and grain crops though they also consume harmful insects and usurp native songbirds' nest holes.

But Dawson said the abundance of natural and artificial nest holes, a constant water supply and plenty of food meant they were unlikely to move.