The female will produce a clutch of 3 to 4 white eggs and will lay them directly on a layer of fresh wood chips at the bottom of the newly excavated nest cavity. Both birds will take turns incubating ...

Trail cam photos of blackbirds and red-winged blackbirds in southern Illinois and notes on pileated woodpeckers in the Forest ...

This impressive forest dweller drums out impressive territorial beats and excavates massive rectangular holes in its quest for carpenter ants. The Pileated Woodpecker is a striking, crow-sized bird ...

Photographers in Kamloops and the Okanagan have captured pileated woodpeckers on camera, and the birds are more than just pretty to watch. While decorated in bold red, snow white and sharp black ...

So, it was with a great sense of wonder and satisfaction that I just happened to notice one of the big woodpeckers exploring the trunks of the dead pines. The Pileated Woodpecker is a species that ...

Foremost among the possible species were the Brown Creeper (Certhia americana), which builds nests in the spaces between dead tree trunks and the loose bark that hasn’t quite fallen off the tree, and ...

There are animals you see so often they become part of the scenery. It is impossible to make a blanket statement about which ...

These examples demonstrate how people have relied on nature’s signals to make predictions about their environment. Pileated Woodpeckers. Image by kbarryphoto via Depositphotos The number of ...

A female Pileated Woodpecker spreads its wings as it gets ready to eat from a suet feeder near WV 2. If you have a recent photo that showcases the beauty of the Mid-Ohio Valley, submit it to Art ...

"Compared to the other woodpeckers, they actually do have quite a weak bill, so they often rely on other abandoned nests from other birds like pileated woodpeckers." Miles Purden is working with ...

Feeder watching is a marvelous cold weather activity. There are fewer birds than in warmer weather and therefore they are easier to identify. Feeder watchers have a chance to observe behaviours. Is ...