CROSSROADSCROSSROA DS Language StudioÊs Newsletter March,
March , 201
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There are about 200 species ofwoodpeckers found throughout theworld. They are mainly found inforests and woodland habitats.
Many species are threatened orendangered through loss of habitator habitat fragmentation. Two of thelargest species, the ivory-billed
woodpecker and the imperial woodpecker,
that once occupied forests of southern
United States and Mexico, are now
thought to be extinct. Japan has ten
species of woodpeckers, two of which areendemic to the country. Wrynecks, which
are grouped with woodpeckers, are also
found in Japan.
Woodpeckers exhibit a number of unusual
properties. They have stiff tails that help toprop the bird in a vertical position on tree
trunks, and feet with two toes facing forward
and two facing backward. This footarrangement aids in grasping the bark oftrees. Woodpeckers have a strong bill whichenables them to excavate holes and cavities
in tree trunks. Their sticky barbed tongues
are used to grab and extract insects.
The diet of woodpeckers consists
primarily of insects, notably the grubs,
from both living and dead trees. They
augment their diet with fruit, nuts and sap
from live trees. Different species specialize
in consuming beetles and their grubs, ants,termites, spiders, and caterpillars.

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Go here for some woodpecker facts:
http://www.defenders.org/woodpeckers/basic-facts

Tropical rainforests harbour the largest
number of woodpecker species with up to 22
species in one forest, but they are well
represented in temperate woodlands,
savannahs, scrublands, bamboo forests andeven grasslands and deserts. Many species
prefer to feed upon ants and the like in open
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althoughtheymight retire to a cavity
in a nearby forest grove.
Almost all woodpeckers nest in treecavities, but a few species, such as thoseoccupying deserts, build cavities in large
cactuses. A few species have abandoned trees
altogether and nest in holes in the ground.
Woodpeckers
generally build a
new nest cavity
every year whichtakes about a monthto complete. Femaleslay 2–5 eggs whichare incubated for about 2 weeks. From thetime chicks hatch it takes 18–30 days before
they are ready to leave the nest. Old cavities
are seldom reused for nesting, butwoodpeckers do use them for roosting atnight. Cavities excavated by woodpeckers areused by many other species of birds andmammals for shelter and raising their young.

The Bodhisattva, it is said, once lived in aforest as a woodpecker.

Article by Kenneth

Joshua Says: We made it! The new school has turned out to be just as I
envisioned it. And I’m very please that all of our students say they like the newenvironment so much. We are going to have our opening party on the 5th of next
month which should finalize our move and signal our new start. I’m looking
forward to this very much, as I hope all of you are. See you at the party!

Junko Says: We worked extremely hard in February, packing andmoving. And now our new school is open. Many students are
impressed with the wide windows, something we didn’t have before,
and say the view is wonderful and everything is bright and open. I
feel our hard work has paid off. My next task for our new school isto introduce it to many people and offer them our services.

Kenneth Says: For many seasons my wife and I studied woodpeckers andtheir habitats in British Columbia, Canada. We studied the distribution
patterns of woodpeckers in wildfire-prone forest landscapes to reveal thatmost woodpeckers prefer to forage and nest in remnant patches of oldertrees. Another year we were contracted to ascertain why woodpeckers werebuilding cavities, and thereby damaging, wooden power poles.

Adrienne Says: According to Dr. Love, we often destroy the selfconfidence and self-esteem of the people whom we are married to by ourATTITUDE towards them. In other words, we don’t have to use meanwords or violent behavior to hurt people. We can have an attitude ofdisrespect by saying things like, “You never get it right”, or by speaking
to people in a harsh tone of voice, or by constantly making fun of them.

Stephanie Dit: Mars, dieu de la guerre pour les Romains, étaitsynonyme de destruction. Aujourd’hui, Mars est un symbole derenouveau avec le retour du printemps. Il est temps de laisser
l’hiver derrière nous et de ranger les manteaux. Les cerisiers seront
bientôt en fleurs alors… tous au parc ! Sinon, connaissez-vous lasérie télé Veronica Mars ? Une de mes préférées !

Opening party!
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Party for our newschoolon
Saturday, the 5th April ‘14
Starting time: 7:30pm.
All our students are invited toattend. You are welcome to bringyour friends and family along
too!
Place: 5Fl. ISSEI Bldg.
1-5, 4-chomeIchiban-cho
Matsuyama-shi.
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