Aside from perhaps experiencing a tidal wave a hundred feet high crashing onto a city, there is likely nothing in human ...

This story was originally published in April 2017. Today we learn how to speak woodpecker. At least five different species are cavorting somewhere near your house right this minute. There are three ...

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 ...

Recent cold temperatures and a few snowfalls have let us know again that we are still immersed in winter. The frozen ground goes deep enough to cause water and septic problems for many Northlanders.

Pileated woodpeckers are among the largest and most interesting indigenous feathered flyers that inhabit Chesapeake’s densely ...

On crisp winter days, when the snow has glazed over into a hard crust and instead of muffling sound seems to clarify it, bird calls come clear and sharp as they skitter over the icy surfaces and ...

Putting on its brakes as it comes in for a landing to its nest in an aspen tree in the Ahtanum Creek forest, this pileated woodpecker is bringing food to its hungry youngster. That young’un needs its ...