Being a generalist is a successful lifestyle approach in the avian world. It means a bird is flexible about things like where to live and what to eat, both excellent survival tactics. And that's the ...

The red-bellied woodpecker, seen in this file photo, is a common species found in Wichita in the spring. Mark Nale For the CDT It’s the first day of spring and while you’re outside enjoying the sounds ...

If you have heard a woodpecker pecking away at your gutter or home this fall, it may not mean you have insects in your wood. Connecticut is home to seven species of woodpeckers that live in forests, ...

Songbirds fill the air with wondrous melodies, while woodpeckers fill the air with rhythmic drumbeats. A woodpecker’s drumming is like a songbird’s singing, and both sounds are essential to springtime ...

I hear the rolling kwirr-kwirr call of a red-bellied woodpecker outside the bedroom window every morning. I watch the bird hitch up a nearby pine tree, and I hear it tap the bark with its long, chisel ...

THAT TAP-TAP-TAPPING you hear? It's the sound of a woodpecker — the one bird that fascinates all of us. In New Jersey, we have seven regularly occurring woodpeckers, all of which nest here. Is there a ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. In the past week, three readers have contacted me with delighted reports of ...

Early spring is a noisy time in the bird world, especially early in the morning. Pay attention when you’re up early, possibly awakened by hammering sounds that, unless your neighbor is rudely ...

Now that winter has arrived and natural sources of bird food are scarcer, bird feeders are attracting a lot of activity. Woodpeckers are among the most consistent visitors, and several species can be ...