a rare nesting record for Juneau. (Photo by Bob Armstrong) Flickers are hefty woodpeckers, considerably larger than hairy woodpeckers. Unlike most woodpeckers, they don’t typically forage on ...

Q:I’m a big owl fan and have seen several kinds, especially the great horned owl. But I wonder: Why I don’t ever see short-eared owls? A:These tawny owls with their dramatically outlined eyes spend ...

Homeowner can’t do a thing to rid his attic of the nesting, and legally protected, northern flicker Bird's nest ... the obvious damage caused by the woodpeckers. The city is aware of the issue ...

nesting in Wisconsin. North American bird. A male northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) or common flicker is a medium-sized bird of the woodpecker family. A male northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) or ...

Are you sick of winter and eager to see signs of spring? Cheer up, spring is on its way even if you can't a tulip yet.

Lake Jed Johnson reflection Oklahoma. Image via duggar11, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Oklahoma’s moist subtropical ...

The female will produce a clutch of 3 to 4 white eggs and will lay them directly on a layer of fresh wood chips at the bottom of the newly excavated nest cavity. Both birds will take turns incubating ...

I woke up with a splitting headache and bloody sinuses. Every muscle in my body ached and I was utterly exhausted even after ...

John and Judy Nay of St. Joseph witnessed a female pileated woodpecker extract carpenter ants from a dead silver maple, ...

This is amazing planning. Primary cavity nesting birds are a group of birds that consists mainly of the woodpeckers. They are called primary cavity nesting birds because they are the builders ...

It’s nesting season again. For something so basic and so essential to avian life, I believe that the act of nesting is misunderstood by many. Let’s go over some very basic stuff and ...

The availability of dead trees for nesting cavities also has likely helped these woodpeckers find favorable nesting sites. As with the Carolina wren, the red-bellies take advantage of suet and ...