Two of the more elusive animals in my backyard are the pileated woodpecker and the carpenter ant.I rarely see either, yet I have ample evidence of their presence. This winter, pileated woodpeckers ...
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 ...
Get an intimate look at what makes woodpeckers so special. Explore their unique abilities and intimate stories from around the world. Narrated by Paul Giamatti. Go deep into the woods to explore the ...
If you look at a range map for the pileated woodpecker, you will see that it does not extend into southern and eastern Idaho. That made it a surprise then when last fall, one appeared in our yard in ...
After years of waiting, I finally saw this gorgeous female Pileated Woodpecker exploring the dead pine trees that I refused to cut down. Credit: PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON Last Friday morning I woke up ...
As a collective notion, woodpeckers are one of the more familiar bird families. The general idea is clear enough: medium-sized, black-and-white birds with red highlights that use their beaks to pound ...
The pileated woodpecker is an impressive bird in many ways. A forceful reminder of this came at me the other day, when a pileated woodpecker appeared in front of my windshield. The bird was northbound ...
A flash of red on the trunk of a tulip poplar just outside my office window in Decatur the other morning was from a yellow-bellied sapsucker — a confirmation that the bird has arrived from up north to ...