Dear Readers, One of the most commonly asked questions of this column is how to deal with woodpeckers carving out holes in the siding and trim of wood sided homes. As anyone who has tried to ...

If a woodpecker wants a home, it does more than just knock on wood – it takes some tiny helpers with it. The red-cockaded woodpecker seems to carry spores of fungi that rot wood in what appears to be ...

A red-bellied woodpecker feeds its young in the nest hole of a sweet gum tree in northeast Charlotte. JOHN D. SIMMONS [email protected] From hummingbirds to cardinals, bird feeders to ...