Not a true pine (Pinus sp ... The "plum" part of Red Tip's name refers to the burgundy red winter color of leaf tips, similar to fall foliage color in which the chlorophyll has waned and ...

While other woodpeckers excavate cavities in dead trees, red-cockaded woodpeckers bore holes for nests solely in living pine trees that are generally 60-80 years old. Unfortunately, long-leaf pine ...