Why would I call these beautiful woodpeckers the “clowns of the avian world?” Besides the facial features of the Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus) appearing...
It’s been an indoorsy kind of week here in Montana, so I’m sharing a bit of the past with you guys: an excerpt from...
You may remember the awesome encounter Doug and I had with Red-cockaded Woodpeckers at the Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area from this post. If you...
The Red-breasted Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ruber) and the Red-naped Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus nuchalis) were considered different forms of the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) until 1983 when...
Lewis’s Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis) In Flight, photos by Larry Jordan Driving home from work last week I finally saw my first Lewis’s Woodpecker (Melanerpes lewis)...
Alex Washoe is a freelance writer and bookseller in Seattle, WA. who can be found regularly at the bird and wildlife blog Birdland West. However, he’s...
Picus viridis, the European Green Woodpecker is a bird that I longed to see during my early days as a feeder watcher. They never...
Short answer: The woodpecker is most likely not crazy and noshing on the house is not what the woodpecker has in mind. Woodpeckers could...
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