A walk in the forest, even an urban forest, sometimes reveals the strange sight of a tree that looks as if it had been bombed. Long shards of broken bark lie scattered around a trunk marked by large, ...

Pileated woodpeckers are an iconic woodpecker, Woody the Woodpecker made flesh; they are crow-sized with striking black and white markings, both male and female bear a flashy red crest. Large and ...

Woodpeckers are remarkable birds, and in our area none is more remarkable than the pileated woodpecker. This is the largest, by far, of the six woodpecker species that occur here regularly, nearly the ...

When a friend recently asked me to write an article on the Pileated Woodpecker I checked my records and discovered I hadn’t written any articles on our various woodpecker species. I repent of this ...

Of Iowa's seven regular woodpecker species, the most iconic is undoubtedly the pileated woodpecker. This crow-sized bird is the largest extant woodpecker in North America. Only the ivory-billed and ...

Editor's note: Wildlife Recovery Association's Barb and Joe Rogers ask that supporters request that Michigan Electric Transmission Company find a route for high voltage power lines that avoids the ...

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 ...

Looks like: The nonmigratory pileated woodpecker is our largest woodpecker (about the size of a crow), with a long, strong bill, dramatic black-and-white markings, and a distinctive red crest. Lives ...

Before we bought our house in the early 2000s, a home inspector noted woodpecker damage on the wood-framed fireplace chase. He didn’t have to dig deep to discover this. Not only was a yellow scare eye ...