However, according to Amerindians, the woodpecker spirit animal symbolizes courage, vitality and generosity. With its sound ...

The Great Backyard Bird Count helps scientists around the world better understand and protect birds. The global event kicks ...

This handsome woodpecker is a Northern Flicker, famed for their red, heart-shaped marking on the back of their necks. This ...

This tamarack tree has been infested with eastern larch beetles. Black-backed woodpeckers are now prying off flakes of bark ...

While decorated in bold red, snow white and sharp black, these creatures are more than just a pretty face and have some very ...

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 ...

The “seatbelt” protects the skull and the brain. 4. The beak is designed differently than most birds. 5. The woodpecker’s beak forms an overbite. This beak bone takes most of the hit when ...

One statistic from the recent Reading Christmas Bird Count on Dec. 15 that caught the eye of compiler Lucy has nothing to do with birds: There were 61 counters out in the field along with 19 feeder ...