Pileated woodpeckers are the largest of the common woodpeckers found in most of North America. These crow-sized birds present a memorable sight with their zebra-striped heads and necks, long bills, ...

Whenever I’m fortunate enough to see a pileated woodpecker flying high through the treetops, all I can think about is the screwball Woody Woodpecker character of cartoon fame. The extra-large pileated ...

A walk in the forest, even an urban forest, sometimes reveals the strange sight of a tree that looks as if it had been bombed. Long shards of broken bark lie scattered around a trunk marked by large, ...

John Simone said the pileated woodpecker in his backyard first caught his attention late last month when it started “going nuts” on a young silver maple sapling. The prehistoric-looking bird with its ...

Let’s say you’re a carpenter ant. It’s December. You’re dormant, asleep in a rotting beech tree. Having feasted on decaying hardwood until late autumn’s cold made you drowsy, you and a thousand or so ...

What Does a Pileated Woodpecker Look Like? Pileated woodpeckers are large, graceful birds, and may be easier to attract than ...