Remarkable footage captures the moment a red-headed woodpecker evicts a starling squatting in its nest by yanking it out of a tree trunk. Woodpeckers and starlings are cavity nesters, meaning they ...

The acorn woodpecker’s social structure, known as clans, consists of a dozen or more birds that will include breeding pairs ...

A woodpecker’s head emerges from a cavity in a tree trunk, its eye focused on the area outside. The bird remains still, using ...

It’s quite normal for greater spotteds to start staking out territories in January, less so on a plastic box near my bedroom window ...

Neil Lalonde found himself 40 feet above the ground one spring morning, reaching into a woodpecker nest in a loblolly pine, and pulling out a 5-day-old bird. He clasped tiny bands around its ankles, ...

In early June, just before construction began on a segment of the Gitchi-Gami State Trail through Gooseberry Falls State Park, Park Manager Paul Sundberg and a co-worker noticed a pileated woodpecker ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A species of woodpecker once thought to limit itself to recently burned areas can breed successfully in the unburned parts of fire-prone landscapes too, according to a study ...

Last Friday, I woke up with a splitting headache and bloody sinuses. Every muscle in my body ached and I was utterly exhausted even after a full night of sleep. I walked out to check on the wood stove ...