A pair of California woodpeckers are surely crushed after a pest control technician on a routine call recently found their massive trove of acorns cleverly stashed in the walls of a California home.

WASHINGTON — A California exterminator found a real "nut job" after finding 700 pounds of acorns stuffed inside the walls of a home during an inspection. Nick Castro was called to inspect the ...

Exterminators in the North Bay were recently met with a nutty surprise during a call to a home in the wine country community of Glen Ellen in Sonoma County: more than 700 pounds of acorns in the ...

Acorn woodpeckers have been increasing their range in recent years and are found in much of Central and Northern California, as well as Oregon, Washington, and Colorado, Koenig says.