Woody Woodpecker, the animated cartoon, sure was a character. Lively, loud and kinda crazy. And he was modeled after a real and local woodpecker, the pileated woodpecker. While pileated woodpeckers ...

February, with 28 days, is our shortest month. Ironically, for some who may be winter weary, this month can feel like the longest. We are still in winter and spring can look like it is far out on the ...

The night was clear, calm and bright. The waxing gibbous moon reflects off the snow that fell yesterday before the skies cleared and the temperature dropped. It was about 15 degrees below zero at dusk ...

Although summer has only really just begun, it feels like “deep summer” has already arrived. We already have the heat and the humidity and the almost daily threats of thunderstorms, but if you go out ...

After years of waiting, I finally saw this gorgeous female Pileated Woodpecker exploring the dead pine trees that I refused to cut down. Credit: PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON Last Friday morning I woke up ...

I brake for redheaded woodpeckers. I don't see them as often as I did when I was a boy, so I brake to make sure I get a good look at these uncommon birds with uncommonly handsome plumage. Not to be ...

Hawks and owls are powerful symbols in the sky. But what about other birds? Well, add woodpeckers to the list. Across cultures and spiritual traditions, woodpeckers have been celebrated as powerful ...