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FILE - In this July 30, 2019, file photo, a red-cockaded woodpecker looks to a biologist as it is released back into in a long leaf pine forest at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

FILE - In this July 30, 2019, file photo, a red-cockaded woodpecker looks to a biologist as it is released back into in a long leaf pine forest at Fort Bragg in North Carolina. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

In this photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a red-cockaded woodpecker clings to the side of a pine tree in April 2023. (Renee Bodine/USFWS via AP)

In this photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, a red-cockaded woodpecker clings to the side of a pine tree in April 2023. (Renee Bodine/USFWS via AP)

FILE - A red-cockaded woodpecker is held by a biologist collecting data on the species at Fort Bragg in North Carolina on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

FILE - A red-cockaded woodpecker is held by a biologist collecting data on the species at Fort Bragg in North Carolina on Tuesday, July 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)