Leaving out suet for birds helps woodpeckers, chickadees, and other insect-eating birds power through cold weather. It takes lots of energy for wild birds to stay warm in winter. You can help by ...

As we head into the heart of winter it’s high-time we lend a hand to our feathered friends, especially those that might be ...

Much larger than the others (about the size of crows), pileated woodpeckers also wintered here. They did come to suet on the feeders, but they mostly stayed in the woods. Occasionally as I walked ...

People thought it was an April Fool's Day joke when a neighbor posted on Facebook about a vandal bird breaking car mirrors.

What David did recently see at a suet feeder in the front yard, though, was a pileated woodpecker. But this big crow-sized woodpecker with a red crest won’t be leaving like the wintering species ...