The great naturalist, biologist and writer Bernd Heinrich made a startling discovery this week while walking in the woods near his cabin in western Maine. Here's a Naturalist's Notebook video explaining the mystery in Bernd's words:
The esteemed naturalist and writer Bernd Heinrich came upon a dead downy woodpecker hanging from its neck in the fork of a branch in the woods of western Maine. The woodpecker had no wounds. Bernd tries to solve the mystery of what happened to it.