Few sights feel as wild and lively as the rapid tap-tap-tap of a woodpecker at work on a tree trunk. For garden lovers who ...

Woodpeckers are remarkable birds, and in our area none is more remarkable than the pileated woodpecker. This is the largest, by far, of the six woodpecker species that occur here regularly, nearly the ...

The acorn woodpecker’s social structure, known as clans, consists of a dozen or more birds that will include breeding pairs ...

A hairy woodpecker brings flashes of black and white to your backyard. Attract these birds with suet and peanut feeders.

Take a peek into the always entertaining lives of birds, from intimate moments with mates to fierce fights for territory.

Pileated woodpeckers grab attention wherever they go. In fact, Jeffrey Gordon, President of the American Birding Association, calls them "punk rock pterodactyls." Gordon also speaks glowingly of "show ...

SOUTH NEWFANE The red-bellied woodpecker is an established Vermont bird, on its way to becoming as common as the many other flatlanders that have moved north to make the state its home. The ...

Living in the harsh arid lands of western Texas can be quite challenging. All sorts of creatures depend on and compete for the minuscule amounts of shade and water that exist here. But regardless how ...

Since the Endangered Species Act was established nearly 50 years ago in the United States, the Fish and Wildlife Service has prevented the extinction of more than 99 per cent of the species listed in ...

When a homeowner in northern Florida looked out at her bird feeders the first weekend in March, she thought she saw a red-headed woodpecker. There was a brown bird nibbling at the wild bird seed with ...