Woodpeckers may be searching for insects in your siding, such as the larvae of carpenter bees, leafcutter bees, or termites.

Length 7". The barred black-and-white back pattern of the ladder-backed woodpecker extends up to the hindneck, with very little solid black on the upper back. The underparts are tinged creamy or ...

Neil Lalonde found himself 40 feet above the ground one spring morning, reaching into a woodpecker nest in a loblolly pine, and pulling out a 5-day-old bird. He clasped tiny bands around its ...