The red-bellied woodpecker is the familiar zebra-backed woodpecker of eastern woodlands and towns. Monotypic (or up to 4 weakly defined ssp. sometimes recognized). Length 9". All red-bellied ...

What Does a Red-Bellied Woodpecker Look Like? With zebra-like stripes on the backs and wings, the red-bellied woodpecker has a few look-alike relatives, such as the gila woodpeckers and golden ...

As I watched a woodpecker banging away at a tree, it made me think, why don’t woodpeckers get headaches or suffer brain ...

Kevin Tungesvick is a lifelong resident of Madison County. An avid naturalist and self-taught botanist, Kevin is author of a ...

If you want to show the woodpeckers that overwinter in your area a little more love, focus on ways to make your yard more ...

The red-headed woodpecker and the red-bellied woodpecker are often confused as they both have red colored feathers on their ...

Rows of pea-size holes, drilled in the trunks of thin-barked trees, are the beginnings of a story that stretches back ...

Why? Though I saw other kinds of woodpeckers — downy, red-bellied and pileated — they were not drumming — only the hairy. Black and white, these mid-sized woodpeckers are like the smaller ...