There are only a handful of birds that elicit pure excitement and joy when they shows up at your backyard feeding station. The pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) is our largest woodpecker ...

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 ...

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 ...

Reader John Simone, of East Syracuse, sent me these three interesting photos Friday of a pileated woodpecker in his backyard. He wrote: "We live in East Syracuse off of 298 also know as Collamer. Last ...

Alas, an avian chapter is closed, but here at home the Earth Lady has a resident Pileated Woodpecker, which is very similar and frequently mistaken for the Ivory Billed Woodpecker. The Pileated ...

As cities continue expanding, forested areas are becoming scarcer, and less dense. That's bad news for the wildlife that call those areas home. A University of Cincinnati doctoral student is studying ...

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 ...

The pileated woodpecker is an impressive bird in many ways. A forceful reminder of this came at me the other day, when a pileated woodpecker appeared in front of my windshield. The bird was northbound ...

CLARKE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — An adult male pileated woodpecker was rescued by the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center after it was found along the side of a road in Culpeper County. A spokesperson for the ...

Our state's largest woodpecker, the crow-sized pileated woodpecker, has been heard of late. Listen for drumming on hollow branches and trunks of trees. The bird is announcing its territory. The birds ...

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 ...

There are only a handful of birds that elicit pure excitement and joy when it shows up at your backyard feeding station. The pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) is our largest woodpecker species ...