With the rampant clearing of our forests in centuries past, the Pileated Woodpecker became rare, but as the second growth forests began to reemerge at the beginning of the 20th century, its numbers ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 8—If there's one thing a pileated woodpecker loves, it's a decaying tree or a rotten log. That's because pileated (pronounced ...

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 ...

If you look at a range map for the pileated woodpecker, you will see that it does not extend into southern and eastern Idaho. That made it a surprise then when last fall, one appeared in our yard in ...

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 ...

YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Truly a rare visitor to our backyard bird feeders, it’s always exciting when Dr. Pill shows up. Dr. Pill is our nickname for our local Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus ...

As we reach the second week of December, we enter an interesting time in the cycle of the year. We are at the time of the earliest sunsets. It appears to be still afternoon, not dusk, when the sun ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD)-Maranda got to experience firsthand one of the recent members at the John Ball Zoo. Meet Norman the pileated woodpecker who was just a young bird when he arrived at the Zoo.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has officially declared the Ivory Billed Woodpecker to be extinct, and it is with great sadness that birdwatchers must reconcile themselves to the fact that they ...