They have hard heads.

Wildlife biologist Gabe Pinkston prepares to release a red-cockaded woodpecker after collecting data on it in North Carolina. (AP)
A red-bellied woodpecker peeks out of a tree.
Woodpeckers hammer trees so hard with their beaks even cameras have a hard time taking a clear picture of them at work! (AP)
A red-cockaded woodpecker is seen on a long leaf pine at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. The woodpecker was one of the first birds protected under the Endangered Species Act of 1973. (AP)
You can hang a bird feeder on a tree to feed woodpeckers too.

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Slam! The beak strikes into the tree. Hammer! It pounds holes in the trunk. Woodpeckers are tough.

They bang their heads into wood. Does it hurt? No! Woodpeckers don’t get headaches.

READ MORE: Scientists at the University of California San Diego are studying woodpeckers. They’re learning that a woodpecker’s brain is tough. Shaking doesn’t hurt it. Strong bones and muscles shield the brain. The tongue wraps around the inside of the bird’s head. The tongue is like a pillow. It protects the brain from all that banging. God’s design of woodpeckers is perfect. His design of you is too! Read Psalm 139:14. “I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.”