“They also make sounds when they are foraging for food because of the pecking,” Greig says. “It all makes noise, ...

Discover the red-bellied woodpecker, a vital resident of Southeast Missouri forests. Known for its distinctive drilling, this ...

Their diet mostly consists of carpenter ants, as well as other insects, wild berries and acorns. At home in mature forests, pileated woodpeckers thrive when surrounded by dead trees and downed logs.

The red-bellied woodpecker is the familiar zebra-backed woodpecker of eastern woodlands and towns. Monotypic (or up to 4 weakly defined ssp. sometimes recognized). Length 9". All red-bellied ...

Winter bird feeding is one of the most popular hobbies in America. It is estimated that nearly 60 million Americans feed birds in their yards in winter or summer. That is about 40% of all ...

Ivory-billed woodpeckers make a unique double-knock noise ... and to access the beetle larvae that make up their primary food. These bills were once decorative objects prized by some Native ...