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 ...

they don’t appear to be a woodpecker. They are often seen feeding on the ground instead of pecking away in the trees. They get their most attention in the spring. When flickers go house hunting ...

It is estimated that nearly 60 million Americans feed birds in their yards in winter ... see visiting your feeding station. These are the woodpeckers. This is an amazing group of birds that ...

“If there’s a wooded area where people can leave dead branches on the ground, this supports biodiversity and may help to attract more birds.” Pileated woodpeckers can be drawn to yard ...

I woke up with a splitting headache and bloody sinuses. Every muscle in my body ached and I was utterly exhausted even after ...

It is a creature of tall timbered woodlands and swamps. It is a woodpecker that chips out holes in trees that have died. The hole selected to raise its young will usually be over 30 feet up.

John and Judy Nay of St. Joseph witnessed a female pileated woodpecker extract carpenter ants from a dead silver maple, ...

The Ely Echo weekly newspaper and its companion pieces - North Country SAVER and North Country ANGLER - provide insight into ...

Acorn woodpeckers also feed by sallying for flying insects and gleaning trunks, and they often eat ants (as reflected in the species’ scientific name). Polytypic. Length 9". A boldly patterned ...