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'''Woodpeckers''' consist of 180 species of tree-clinging birds of the family Picidae, characterized by the use of their beaks as a hammer on trees,<ref>http://www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_habitat/wildlife/woodpeckers.php</ref> either probing for food or chiseling out cavities to make nests.  With the exception of Australia and New Guinea, woodpeckers are found world-wide, with twenty-one species in the United States<ref>Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management, ''WOODPECKERS'', by Rex E. Marsh, 2005 [http://icwdm.org/handbook/birds/woodpeckers.asp]</ref>.

'''Woodpeckers''' consist of 180 species of tree-clinging birds of the family Picidae, characterized by the use of their beaks as a hammer on trees,<ref>http://www.defenders.org/wildlife_and_habitat/wildlife/woodpeckers.php</ref> either probing for food or chiseling out cavities to make nests.  With the exception of Australia and New Guinea, woodpeckers are found world-wide, with twenty-one species in the United States.<ref>Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management, ''WOODPECKERS'', by Rex E. Marsh, 2005 [http://icwdm.org/handbook/birds/woodpeckers.asp]</ref>

==Description==

==Description==

== Evidence against [[Evolution]] ==

== Evidence against [[Evolution]] ==

The skull of the woodpecker is uniquely suited to absorb the intense shocks generated by its feeding habits<ref>http://blogs.wsj.com/ideas-market/2011/02/18/woodpecker-skulls-ultimate-shock-absorbers/</ref>. If the skull was weaker at some point in the past, the bird would not have been able to feed in such a manner. But if the bird didn't feed in such a manner, then what would have been the reason for it to evolve a thicker skull? [[Evolutionists]] have not been able to produce an answer to this question.

The skull of the woodpecker is uniquely suited to absorb the intense shocks generated by its feeding habits.<ref>http://blogs.wsj.com/ideas-market/2011/02/18/woodpecker-skulls-ultimate-shock-absorbers/</ref> If the skull was weaker at some point in the past, the bird would not have been able to feed in such a manner. But if the bird didn't feed in such a manner, then what would have been the reason for it to evolve a thicker skull? [[Evolutionists]] have not been able to produce an answer to this question.

== References ==

== References ==

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== External Links ==

== External links ==

http://creagrus.home.montereybay.com/woodpeckers.html

* http://creagrus.home.montereybay.com/woodpeckers.html

[[Category:Birds]]

[[Category:Birds]]