When you spot a beautiful woodpecker that doesn’t act like one, there’s a good chance it is the agile and versatile Lewis’s ...

Acorn woodpeckers also feed by sallying for flying insects and gleaning trunks, and they often eat ants (as reflected in the species’ scientific name). Polytypic. Length 9". A boldly patterned ...

Red-cockaded woodpeckers have been the focus of conservation efforts, including habitat restoration, artificial nest box ...

Far from being destroyed, a naturally burned forest harbors extraordinarily rich biological diversity, and there's no better flagship species to help us embrace that than the black-backed woodpecker.

but a lot more still needs to be done to protect the long-leaf pine forests these woodpeckers and hundreds of other species call home.” They feed primarily on beetles and wood-boring insects but ...

Manitoba birdwatchers have been happy to see more sightings of the red-headed woodpecker in the last few years.