You might spot some of these woodpeckers stashing acorns in your garden, while others can be identified by their beautiful ...

Like many Northlanders, I have been maintaining bird feeders throughout the cold days of January. A subzero day with a snowpack of a foot becomes an even more terrific winter scene with the addition ...

Songbirds fill the air with wondrous melodies, while woodpeckers fill the air with rhythmic drumbeats. A woodpecker’s drumming is like a songbird’s singing, and both sounds are essential to springtime ...

I began my bird feeders around the middle of October this year. This is a regular beginning time and the available sunflower seeds were quickly discovered and eaten by local birds. The usual ...

Woodpeckers are wonderful birds, and I enjoy watching them. Their adaptations for hanging out on tree trunks and drilling into wood for food are very distinctive. They have strong toes with sharp ...

The red-bellied woodpecker is the familiar zebra-backed woodpecker of eastern woodlands and towns. Monotypic (or up to 4 weakly defined ssp. sometimes recognized). Length 9". All red-bellied ...

Being a generalist is a successful lifestyle approach in the avian world. It means a bird is flexible about things like where to live and what to eat, both excellent survival tactics. And that's the ...

Leaves crunch under Kasia Bradley’s boots as she walks through the woods on State University’s campus, listening for another ...

Now that winter has arrived and natural sources of bird food are scarcer, bird feeders are attracting a lot of activity. Woodpeckers are among the most consistent visitors, and several species can be ...

“Woodpecker,” we think, when we see a black and white bird at our feeder or on a tree trunk, lumping members of a diverse family together. But which one is it? Woodpeckers deserve a second look, ...