Several readers have written about seeing for the first time a red-bellied woodpecker at their suet feeders and wondered if it is a rare bird. It is definitely a quite striking bird, easily noticed, ...

Through readers' comments and my own observations, I have been tracking with interest the northward movement of the Red-bellied Woodpecker's territory. They have been established for quite some time ...

I began my bird feeders around the middle of October this year. This is a regular beginning time and the available sunflower seeds were quickly discovered and eaten by local birds. The usual ...

SOUTH NEWFANE The red-bellied woodpecker is an established Vermont bird, on its way to becoming as common as the many other flatlanders that have moved north to make the state its home. The ...

It was a record year for red-bellied woodpeckers in New Hampshire. That's the word from New Hampshire's birders as the international Christmas Bird Count tradition comes to a close. Overall, bird ...

Photo by Ken Thomas/special to the news sentinel A female red-bellied woodpecker reveals the seldom-noticed red belly for which the species is named. Males have more red atop the head than females.

Looks like: Red-bellied woodpeckers have black-and-white barred backs, brown underparts, white upper tail coverts, and black tail feathers. Both the male and female present themselves with a red nape, ...

Being a generalist is a successful lifestyle approach in the avian world. It means a bird is flexible about things like where to live and what to eat, both excellent survival tactics. And that's the ...

Local results The two most-spotted birds in the local Christmas Bird Count are out-of-towners. The European starling and the Canada goose show up the most in the 2023 counts across southwestern ...

Now that winter has arrived and natural sources of bird food are scarcer, bird feeders are attracting a lot of activity. Woodpeckers are among the most consistent visitors, and several species can be ...