WOODPECKERS have unique habits that place them into a category of avian critters who conduct their life and food gathering abilities in similar fashion. Scientists place them in the family named ...

Pileated woodpeckers are an iconic woodpecker, Woody the Woodpecker made flesh; they are crow-sized with striking black and white markings, both male and female bear a flashy red crest. Large and ...

The racket these woodpeckers make as they fervently hammer away like a crazed carpenter is very loud and unmistakable. Carpenter ants are their primary and preferred food source, but these woodpeckers ...

As we reach the second week of December, we enter an interesting time in the cycle of the year. We are at the time of the earliest sunsets. It appears to be still afternoon, not dusk, when the sun ...

Q: For the past several winters I've enjoyed a pair of pileated woodpeckers coming to our suet feeder, but this year I almost never see them. I have other woodpeckers but wonder why the pileateds ...

A pair of Pileated woodpeckers hammer away at a tree in search of food. According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Pileated woodpeckers do not discriminate between coniferous and ...

Q: I saw a huge bird in my neighbor's tree, and he later told me it was a pileated woodpecker. Is it unusual to see this bird in the city? A: Pileated woodpeckers are a jaw-dropping sight wherever and ...

Like a slow parade, November’s birds arrive. The latest entrant is the pileated woodpecker, a resident bird that grows more conspicuous as winter begins. These large woodpeckers come into settled ...

Editor's note: Wildlife Recovery Association's Barb and Joe Rogers ask that supporters request that Michigan Electric Transmission Company find a route for high voltage power lines that avoids the ...