That machine-gun tapping echoing through neighborhoods this spring may not be a bird hunting for lunch after all. According to a new Instagram post from The Cornell Lab of Ornithology (@cornellbirds), ...

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 ...

Recent cold temperatures and a few snowfalls have let us know again that we are still immersed in winter. The frozen ground goes deep enough to cause water and septic problems for many Northlanders.

Even as the cold winds come down from the north, a few birds still remain in the Midland area, including the downy woodpecker. The downy woodpecker is the smallest of the northern woodpeckers. They ...

To a woodpecker’s brain, drumming against a tree is a lot like birdsong. The findings reveal substantial similarities in the brain circuitry behind hearing and executing these two major acoustic ...

“Woodpecker,” we think, when we see a black and white bird at our feeder or on a tree trunk, lumping members of a diverse family together. But which one is it? Woodpeckers deserve a second look, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock That machine-gun tapping echoing through neighborhoods this spring may not be a bird hunting for lunch after ...