The pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) is such a strikingly large bird that it can only be confused with the ivory-billed woodpecker which is debated by many as to whether it is actually extinct ...

Listen up, class! Today's column is a primer on woodpeckers. This is a timely lesson because several varieties of woodpeckers are winter residents of the Red River Valley. If you pay attention, you're ...

Putting on its brakes as it comes in for a landing to its nest in an aspen tree in the Ahtanum Creek forest, this pileated woodpecker is bringing food to its hungry youngster. That young’un needs its ...

YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Truly a rare visitor to our backyard bird feeders, it’s always exciting when Dr. Pill shows up. Dr. Pill is our nickname for our local Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus ...

“Woodpecker,” we think, when we see a black and white bird at our feeder or on a tree trunk, lumping members of a diverse family together. But which one is it? Woodpeckers deserve a second look, ...