As part of their Wonderful World of Woodpeckers course, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology talked about the differences between ...

Woodpeckers make their home on almost every continent. They come in all sorts of shapes and sizes — from the massive pileated woodpecker to the cute compact downy woodpecker, they’re a family ...

However, according to Amerindians, the woodpecker spirit animal symbolizes courage, vitality and generosity. With its sound ...

I woke up with a splitting headache and bloody sinuses. Every muscle in my body ached and I was utterly exhausted even after ...

As I watched a woodpecker banging away at a tree, it made me think, why don’t woodpeckers get headaches or suffer brain trauma from all that drumming? So, I looked it up. Once again, nature has ...

A small woodpecker. Black-and-white checkered back, white underparts, black-and-white streaked face. Male has a small red patch on the back of his head. Bill is small, barely extending beyond the ...

R ecently I had a wonderful opportunity to study and photograph a pair of red-headed woodpeckers nesting in an old tree and feeding their young. All of this happened because a reader of this ...

Once again, I found myself sitting outside in my small photo blind trying to capture a handful of images of birds in a winter/snowy setting. The temperatures were a balmy 5 below zero and I was ...

DESCRIPTION: This woodpecker is a dark-brown bird with red-tipped feathers and white spots on its wings, approximately 10 inches tall. HABITAT: The species lives in the undisturbed subtropical, ...

A large woodpecker. Mostly black with a bright red crest. In flight, white on linings of underwings visible. Long and broad bill with a chisel-like tip. Loud series of “cuk” notes, “cuk cuk cuk cuk.” ...