The pileated woodpecker is now Gatineau's official emblematic bird, beating out the wood duck, the white-breasted nuthatch, ...

A Greater Roadrunner zoomed into view and hopped atop one of the tee boxes to survey its surroundings. I focused my ...

While hearing woodpeckers do their thing can get a little tiresome, the birds are actually great to have around. Here's how and why to bring them to your yard.

Flickers specialize on ants and can often be found on the ground searching for prey. The largest woodpecker in Montana, the pileated looks for carpenter ants and can bore sizeable holes looking ...

Northern Flicker eating SuperSuet in the Log Suet Cylinder Feeder. Fun fact: most woodpecker's tongues are 2 to 3 times longer than their beaks, and the base of this retractable tongue folds ...

A northern flicker, a common woodpecker in these parts, pecked this hole stealthily in the molding alongside their front door, without the Grondahls noticing it.

I’d like to shine a light on three of our less commonly encountered woodpeckers, each one with its own surprises: the sapsucker, the flicker and the mighty pileated woodpecker.

Today, however, I’d like to shine a light on three of our less commonly encountered woodpeckers, each one with its own surprises: the sapsucker, the flicker and the mighty pileated woodpecker.

For example, northern flickers also known as common flickers. But there’s nothing common about them. Handsome large brown speckled woodpeckers, their plumage also includes flashes of yellow and red.

Learn 4 ways to keep woodpeckers from damaging your trees and siding. These birds are often protected species, so it's vital to use legal woodpecker deterrents.