Estimates of the bird population vary, but experts say between 300 to 500 species can be found at various times of the year ...

A downy woodpecker is a small black and white bird that visits suet feeders. Listen to their call and see photos of males and ...

The red-bellied woodpecker is the familiar zebra-backed woodpecker of eastern woodlands and towns. Monotypic (or up to 4 weakly defined ssp. sometimes recognized). Length 9". All red-bellied ...

I would point to the fact that the population of red-bellied woodpeckers, with a similar size, shape and habitat requirement, is exploding across the country. If it were truly a habitat issue ...

I’m sure many share my sentiment that with February almost in the rear-view mirror it could be hoped that winter might be nearly at an end. First Name ...

I would point to the fact that the similar size, shape and habitat requirement Red-bellied Woodpecker populations are exploding across the country. If it were truly a habitat issue it should ...

But as a warming climate shortens Maine's winters, bird species once rarely seen during the colder months now hang around for ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently downlisted the red-cockaded woodpecker from endangered to threatened. The red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) once lived from Virginia south to ...

this species is our most highly migratory woodpecker. Monotypic (smaller, darker resident birds in southern Appalachians sometimes separated as appalachiensis). Length 8". Shows less red on head ...