''Woodpecker Column'' is a public artwork by the Canadian artist collective

FASTWÜRMS FASTWÜRMS is a Canadian artist collective based in Toronto and Creemore. Founded in 1979, FASTWÜRMS originally had three members: Kim Kozzi, born Kim Kozolanka in Ottawa, Ontario, 1955, Dai Skuse born David Skuse in Oldham, England, 1955, and Napo ...

, installed by the South Building of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The 98-foot-tall (30 meters) black steel column was installed in 1997 and depicts a pileated woodpecker and a

yellow-bellied sapsucker The yellow-bellied sapsucker (''Sphyrapicus varius'') is a medium-sized woodpecker that breeds in Canada and the northeastern United States. Taxonomy The yellow-bellied sapsucker was described and illustrated using a hand-coloured plate by the E ...

. The two birds are 6.5 feet (two meters) tall.

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