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.

Thousands of acorns spilled out of the wall, and more appeared whenever Castro stuck his hand into the hole. He soon discovered woodpeckers had stored tens of thousands of acorns, which he said ...

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.