Q: I occasionally see a big woodpecker with an orange head at my suet feeder. What is it and what else does it like to eat? A: I can understand your wish to see more of one of our largest and most ...

“The red-shafted flicker is so well-known that any detailed description of its plumage or habits seems superfluous,” wrote Willard Ayres Eliot in his 1923 book, “Birds of the Pacific Coast.” And so it ...

In recent columns, I've discussed the yellow-bellied sapsucker, a definite oddball among the region's woodpeckers, as well as the downy woodpecker, which is the smallest member of this clan of ...

Pileated woodpeckers are the magnificent giants of our local head-hammering world. While our most common downy woodpeckers weigh less than an ounce, our pileateds can weigh almost a pound. Worldwide, ...

FAYETTEVILLE, N. C. (WTVD) -- The first-ever pitch will be thrown at Segra Stadium on Thursday for the Fayetteville Woodpeckers' Opening Night. The crack of the bats brings a lot of excitement and ...

The brain of a woodpecker experiences a seemingly catastrophic impact every time beak meets wood. "When you see these birds in action, hitting their head against a tree quite violently, then as humans ...

As part of the arts and cultural component of the GIFT VIII Wabash River Blueway Grant, two new public murals have recently ...

Tennessee’s wildlife and environmental agencies plan to bring back a species no longer found in the state: the red-cockaded ...

A large red-headed male woodpecker, which apparently has been living an enforced celibate life summers for the past three years in the vicinity of Hall Place, through inability to reach a female ...

NASA scientists have joined the search for the elusive ivory-billed woodpecker, long thought to be extinct but recently sighted in Arkansas. NASA used a laser-equipped research aircraft to fly over ...

There are many reasons Big Bend is good for bears and this is one of them. A clever bear stumbled upon a woodpecker’s large stash of acorns, which he continued to take from for days. Much to the ...