A woodpecker's brain takes a big hit with every peck, but these birds don't experience brain damage. And NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on a team of scientists who think they have figured out why. JON ...
Woodpeckers are notorious for pecking – or drumming – away at trees in search of food, a mate, and when nesting. But when they turn their attention to pecking your home, it can be frustrating. Aside ...
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Tap, tap, rap. The noises of woodpeckers ramp up in the fall in CT. Here’s why and what to do.
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, ...
If you’ve ever been camping, or live in tree-dense areas, then you may have heard or seen a woodpecker. These birds love to use their beaks as jackhammers and buzz away at the trunks of trees to ...
DEAR JOAN: I have an Eichler house with wide wooden eaves. Woodpeckers are pecking the eaves from underneath, all the way to the top of the roof. The roof is layered with 1 inches of wood, topped with ...
Ever wonder why woodpeckers peck? Or if the holes the birds chisel cause any real harm? To be honest, I had never thought much about woodpeckers until asked these questions. Although the answers on ...
DEAR JOAN: We enjoy our backyard “wildlife” — hummingbirds, squirrels, alligator lizards and more. We have a birdhouse for small birds, finches and the like, above our deck. The other day we noticed ...
A federal judge has temporarily halted a $319 million Army Corps of Engineers irrigation project in Arkansas, pending further study of potential impact to the habitat of the ivory-billed woodpecker — ...
Dear Readers, One of the most commonly asked questions of this column is how to deal with woodpeckers carving out holes in the siding and trim of wood sided homes. As anyone who has tried to ...
One would think that aggressively knocking your head against a hardwood tree would result in a few minor concussions at the very least. However woodpeckers, who are known for such vigorous actions, ...
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