Editor’s note: The following column was originally printed in the New Hampshire Union Leader on March 13, 1999. A LONDONDERRY READER wrote telling of his squirrel situation and then added: “While I’m ...

The American three-toed woodpecker is 8.75 inches in length, black overall with a white-barred back and white breast with barred flanks. The male has a yellow crown. This woodpecker’s year-round range ...

Woodpeckers are important members of the bird community, pounding out nesting holes later used by other cavity-nesting bird species. Tree cavities are hard to find. When the birds are attacking your ...

Birdwatchers in 2019 spotted the second-largest number of rare woodpeckers recorded so far in Finland. Sightings of Eurasian three-toed woodpeckers came in at 628 migration reports, and 579 endangered ...

Q: I was advised to contact you regarding a bird I spotted (July 3, 2011) in my yard, a three-toed woodpecker. It was on our clothesline pole and then flew to the butternut tree and then onto our half ...

If you've ever had the pleasure of hearing a rhythmic tapping noise from the eaves of the trees in your yard, then chances are you've encountered one of the many varieties of woodpeckers in the United ...

We know what you’re thinking: “Didn’t I just see a woodpecker in the newspaper?” Yep. A woodpecker clinging to a burned, dead tree in our nearby Cascades recently made the front page of the Yakima ...