Although beautiful, woodpeckers are often noisy, and they can be destructive—especially if they are pecking away at your ... round or irregular and fairly large. This usually occurs in spring ...

The name “pileated” refers to the large ... ground. Either way, this is one more good reason to remove these invasive shrubs from your woodlot. If you think you are seeing more pileated ...

They’re big and handsomely marked ... they don’t appear to be a woodpecker. They are often seen feeding on the ground instead of pecking away in the trees. They get their most attention ...

Ivory-billed woodpeckers make a unique double-knock noise when pecking at trees ... 860-square-mile Big Woods region, the ivory-bill's status must remain uncertain. But it is beyond doubt that ...

This is a schematic of the pecking process of a woodpecker and the Mises stress at different times: (a) and (e) are moments of readiness to peck; (b) and (d) are the moments of departure and ...

This conspicuous clown-faced woodpecker of western oak woodlands is remarkable for its social habits, living over much of its range in communal groups of up to 4 or more breeding males and as many ...

They’re big and handsomely marked ... they don’t appear to be a woodpecker. They are often seen feeding on the ground instead of pecking away in the trees. They get their most attention ...

There are only a handful of birds that elicit pure excitement and joy when it shows up at your backyard feeding station. The pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) is our largest woodpecker ...