“The unique coloring of a red head and striped back makes it stand out in all seasons.” Learn how to identify a pileated woodpecker. The mated pair excavates a nesting cavity in an old stump ...

All red-bellied woodpeckers show a black-and-white barred back, white uppertail coverts ... Adult female: red on the head is limited to nasal tufts (just above the bill) and nape; wash of color ...

The red-headed woodpecker is an uncommon sight in Minnesota outside of the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve in East Bethel, where researchers have honed-in on dozens of breeding pairs that ...

Attracting a hairy woodpecker to your yard can be a ... The female lacks the red patch on the back of its head. An immature hairy may show some brown in its feathers. On a very young bird, look ...

The barred black-and-white back pattern of the ladder-backed woodpecker extends up ... has a plain gray-brown head and breast (with small red cap in males) and very different calls; shows white ...

"The recovery of the red-cockaded woodpecker exemplifies the power of public-private partnerships in achieving significant conservation milestones," said Dr.Mark Berry, senior vice president of ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the red-cockaded woodpecker has recovered enough to be downlisted from endangered to threatened. The bird once occurred across much ...

A northern flicker, a common woodpecker in these parts ... yellow tail feathers and red slash on the back of the head. I plan to add a flicker nesting box with an entry hole wider than my bluebird ...