A downy woodpecker is a small black and white bird that visits suet feeders. Listen to their call and see photos of males and ...

Shirley Mast, of Lancaster, seconds Carl’s suet suggestion. It helped attract to her city yard the ruby-crowned kinglet that she reported during The Great Backyard Bird Count. Mast, a retired teacher, ...

Richmond! It's March 9, 2025. Did you remember to "spring forward" and move your clocks ahead one hour? Love it or hate it, ...

While studying some of the birds feeding in my backyard, I saw a small woodpecker that acted and looked like a Downy. The only problem was that it had an almost black belly instead of a white one. The ...

Dark-eyed juncos average 725 per count, but only 524 were spotted this year. However, downy woodpeckers set a new high of 78, and pileated woodpeckers tied the 2018 high of 18. Red-breasted ...

and three kinds of woodpeckers (downy, hairy and red-bellied). These songbirds were joined by the large gallinaceous birds: wild turkeys (one group often of about 20). Two of these, the red ...

Editor's note: This piece was originally published in 2023. When she was a teenager, Jessica Korgie had a beef with a goose. His name was Andy, and he was hatched in the late 1980s without feet ...

The two kinds of woodpeckers (hairy or smaller downy) are striking with their bold black and white markings, with the males enhanced by red patches on the backs of their heads. We also see the ...

Marsai Martin as Woodpecker, Yvette Nicole Brown as Showbird and John Elway as Leaf Sheep as the celebrities unmasked on “The Masked Singer” Season 12. “The Masked Singer” comes from Fox Alternative ...

The brilliant red headed woodpecker is a welcome sight against the gray sky and drab, leafless forest. Winter is the best time to watch animated woodpeckers from the comfort of a well-positioned ...

Inexperienced and seasoned birdwatchers alike gathered at Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center in Kirkwood last weekend for an important community science event — the Great Backyard Bird Count.