Whether you're looking to make an ID or just curious about this charismatic family of birds, get to know all 22 U.S.

“Downy woodpecker!” Homoya yelled to a couple of birders in the group, interrupting himself in a conversation. A ...

A bright flash of a red head in the summer sun followed by black and white wings, and you know you have seen a woodpecker. The red-headed woodpecker, red-belllied woodpecker and pilieated woodpecker ...

“Woodpecker,” we think, when we see a black and white bird at our feeder or on a tree trunk, lumping members of a diverse family together. But which one is it? Woodpeckers deserve a second look, ...

The early namers of birds also worked mostly with specimens. Hence names more appropriate for identification in the hand ...

I never expected that an app for identifying birds would help me with mindfulness more than my meditation apps.

The adult yellow-bellied sapsucker bird is a medium-sized woodpecker(Greg Lavaty / Special Contributor) The yellow-bellied sapsucker is a pretty bird that drills ...

Boasting a crown of bright feathers, a Red-bellied woodpecker peers out of the porthole-style opening it made over several days. The staccato sounds of beaks at work signify breeding season for the ...

While woodpeckers aren’t known for singing melodious songs, the drumbeat they produce slamming their bills into trees is one of the more recognizable sounds in nature. But their rat-tat-tat is slowly ...

Why does a woodpecker peck? For several reasons, actually. That familiar drumming sound, charming to some yet maddening to others, is the result of frenetic pecking that can amount to 20 pecks per ...

Woodpeckers may be some of the most iconic and beautiful birds in Montana, but if they decide to peck their way into the side of a house, homeowners can be left with expensive damage and serious ...