My red-bellied woodpecker hikes up the tree as if it were wearing crampons on its four toes - two pointing forward and two pointing backward. Other songbirds have three toes pointing forward and ...

Sunflower chips, tree nuts, and peanuts are what keep the Black-Capped Chickadee, Red-Bellied Woodpecker, Northern Cardinal, and Blue Jay returning to this feeder over and over.

A red-bellied woodpecker does have a red belly, but the faint blush of pinkish-red is tough to see except at close range. The zebra-patterned back can’t be missed, though.

Red-bellied woodpeckers normally nest in holes they have fashioned in dead tree snags. A fascinating habit of the red-bellied woodpecker is filling a den hole with nuts, insects and fruit.

Woodpeckers need standing dead wood where they can chisel out their nest holes. They need a steady insect population to drill after through tree bark, too. When any woodpecker hears the soft ...

Red-bellied woodpeckers contribute to population control of many tree-boring insects, including the invasive emerald ash borer. Threats: There are no current threats to the red-bellied woodpecker.

Woodpeckers just go nutty for nuts, so provide them with a convenient, easy-to-use cylinder packed with peanuts and tree nuts, like almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, pecans, and walnuts. A male Downy ...

Photo by Don Severson:.A red-bellied woodpecker, with namesake red wash on belly. ONE-TIME USE (Don Severson/guest) Being a generalist is a successful lifestyle approach in the avian world.

A fledgling red-bellied woodpecker is one of many young birds learning to forage for food in our backyard north of Houston. A fledging bird is one with flight feathers that have grown out enough ...

Connie Owen found a red-bellied woodpecker using one of the holes in a dead tree in her yard in the Robinhood Forest area of Virginia Beach. “I am wondering how the young first launch, since ...

Pileated woodpecker: Over 16 inches long, with a 30-inch wingspan, a bird with a stop-in-your-tracks voice. Both sexes have red crests; the male adds a slash of red on its face, touching the bill.

A dead tree containing a red-bellied woodpecker nest cavity fell down in an animal enclosure at the Naples Zoo. As Zoo staff cleared the fallen tree they heard the babies and got them out of the ...