Meet the Bird that Filled an Antenna With Acorns
Squirrels aren’t the only animals that store acorns for winter. Some birds do it, too. And one species in California disrupted a telecommunications network with its storage habits.
The birds stashed their acorns in a wireless antenna in Central California. A video that’s going viral this week shows technicians opening a compartment on the antenna and unleashing a flood of acorns. In all, an estimated 300 pounds (35 to 50 gallons) of nuts fell out. (~ 140 kg)
Walter Koenig, a senior scientist with the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, says he’s pretty sure the the acorn woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) was behind the cache.
Watch the video showing technicians clearing a huge cache of acorns from a transmission tower.
The owners of the transmitting equipment in the video, AT&T California, say the incident occurred in 2009.
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https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/151113-antenna-cache-acorn-woodpecker-california
