Letters

SIRS,--Is it generally known t h a t t h e Green Woodpecker eats fruit ? I watched one on October 23rd making a hearty meal off an apple a few yards from m y window, and since then many large apples picked u p plainly show t h e marks of this bird's powerful bill. My gardener, who has lived here all his life, tells me he never saw one touch a n apple before, though they frequent t h e orchard from ...