This week’s featured creature, the downy woodpecker, is a bird that is as common in suburban yards as it is in rural areas. It is so named for the downy white feathers on its back between the wings ...

It’s not magic, it’s just a fact of life. Seven species of woodpecker call Illinois home … the downy woodpecker, the hairy woodpecker, the red-bellied woodpecker, the red-headed woodpecker, the ...

YAKIMA, Wash. —On a winter walk along the Yakima River, you might encounter the downy woodpecker quietly tapping quietly on a cottonwood or willow. The smallest of North America’s 25 species of ...

Songbirds fill the air with wondrous melodies, while woodpeckers fill the air with rhythmic drumbeats. A woodpecker’s drumming is like a songbird’s singing, and both sounds are essential to springtime ...