As we move further into Spring, listen out for the high pitched laughing sounds of green woodpeckers calling to each other, ...

A downy woodpecker is a small black and white bird that visits suet feeders. Listen to their call and see photos of males and females.

Woodpeckers make their home on almost every continent. They come in all sorts of shapes and sizes — from the massive pileated woodpecker to the cute compact downy woodpecker, they’re a family ...

So long are the tongues of all three native woodpeckers that they are wrapped around the inside of the birds’ skulls when not in use • Great spotted woodpeckers use ‘anvils’ in trees to wedge pine ...

Why not make your garden an inviting haven for the more discerning birds, such as the Woodpecker. Top tips for attracting Woodpeckers 1. Use cooking fat such as lard or dripping left over from the ...

Monotypic (or up to 4 weakly defined ssp. sometimes recognized). Length 9". All red-bellied woodpeckers show a black-and-white barred back, white uppertail coverts, grayish white underparts ...

Both show a large white patch on their wings when in flight. A pair of pileated woodpeckers hold and defend a very large territory all year long. They are a non-migratory bird. During spring and ...

Woodpeckers don't make holes in healthy trees. They'll gnaw at wood that is infested by bugs. If a tree has a bug infestation, it's in bad health and on the verge of dying, after all. Woodpeckers ...

They're also difficult to identify for the casual observer as they're not all that red, which is why some people confuse the species with other, more colorful woodpeckers. The named red-cockaded ...

Central Ohio has many spots for birds to rest, but Highbanks Metro Park seems to be a hub for our local fliers.

The Dominican Republic’s Jose Maria Cabral, best known for his reality-grounded prison drama “Woodpeckers” (“Carpinteros”), has ventured into documentary filmmaking for the fourth time ...