Tag: woodpeckers

Lists

Knock, Knock – My 10 Favourite Woodpeckers

October 10, 2024 by Leslie Kinrys 3 Comments

Woodpeckers are a fascinating family. They bang away at trees with their beaks, without knocking themselves silly. They excavate nest holes, which later become...

Birds

Woodpeckers and Woodcreepers of Tobago

July 20, 2022 by Faraaz Abdool 2 Comments

The exploration of triads within the avifauna of Trinidad and Tobago has taken me through various families and species groups on this blog. It’s...

Reviews

The Wryneck: Biology, Behaviour, Conservation and Symbolism of Jynx torquilla: A Book Review

June 7, 2022 by Donna 1 Comment

The Eurasian Wryneck is the woodpecker that doesn’t look like a woodpecker, the bird with the portmanteau name that is also a medical condition...

Birds

Red-bellied Woodpecker

June 24, 2019 by a Guest 2 Comments

Joshua Malbin has been birding in Brooklyn, NY for more than 10 of his 15-plus years doing it so far. He’s been working as...

Birds

Acorn Woodpeckers Drinking Sugar Water?

April 19, 2018 by Larry 15 Comments

OK. You probably know that I live where we have many, many woodpeckers. One of the most abundant woodpeckers in Oak Run, where I...

Birding

My 2018 Great Backyard Bird Count

March 8, 2018 by Larry 2 Comments

I hope everyone participated in at least one day of the four day Great Backyard Bird Count of 2018. I submitted five checklists from...

Birds

Talking of woodpeckers…

December 21, 2017 by Dragan 2 Comments

As tree crowns grow thinner, Autumn becomes the true woodpecker season. September in the Balkans started with the usual unruly bunch of Lesser Spotted,...