Thu., Sept. 11, 2025 Pileated woodpeckers have their breakfast near Usk at the end of August in this photo by Nia Patton. (Courtesy of Nia Patton) Pileated woodpeckers have their breakfast near Usk at ...

When I started bird-watching as a teenager, a few years after the first Earth Day in 1970, several species that once thrived in my region were nowhere to be found. Some, like the passenger pigeon, ...

It's been 90 years since Arthur Allen led a team from Cornell University across the United States, including Jim Tanner, future University of Tennessee zoology professor, searching for vanishing birds ...

Gatineau, Que., has selected the pileated woodpecker as the its official bird. According to a news release announcing the decision, the large red-crested woodpecker represents the hard-working, ...

Q. What is the status of the ivory-billed woodpecker? Some sources say it’s extinct. Others say it is rare but still exists. A. Most, though not all, ornithologists I know believe the ivory-billed ...

Hawks and owls are powerful symbols in the sky. But what about other birds? Well, add woodpeckers to the list. Across cultures and spiritual traditions, woodpeckers have been celebrated as powerful ...

Q. What is the status of the ivory-billed woodpecker? Some sources say it’s extinct. Others say it is rare but still exists. A. Most, though not all, ornithologists I know believe the ivory-billed ...