Several readers have written about seeing for the first time a red-bellied woodpecker at their suet feeders and wondered if it is a rare bird. It is definitely a quite striking bird, easily noticed, ...

Meet the woodpecker with a puzzling moniker and a big appetite for suet. Learn what a red-bellied woodpecker looks like and sounds like.

Through readers' comments and my own observations, I have been tracking with interest the northward movement of the Red-bellied Woodpecker's territory. They have been established for quite some time ...

“By the way, Sue. The red-bellied woodpecker (who has no red on his belly at all!) has become a regular visitor at our feeder! I hope he likes us enough to stay around!” My sister Bevie added this ...

SOUTH NEWFANE The red-bellied woodpecker is an established Vermont bird, on its way to becoming as common as the many other flatlanders that have moved north to make the state its home. The ...

When Brian Shema began taking part in the Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count more than two decades ago, red-bellied woodpeckers were a very rare sight. The red-headed bird’s historical ...

Photo by Ken Thomas/special to the news sentinel A female red-bellied woodpecker reveals the seldom-noticed red belly for which the species is named. Males have more red atop the head than females.

It was a record year for red-bellied woodpeckers in New Hampshire. That's the word from New Hampshire's birders as the international Christmas Bird Count tradition comes to a close. Overall, bird ...

I began my bird feeders around the middle of October this year. This is a regular beginning time and the available sunflower seeds were quickly discovered and eaten by local birds. The usual ...

Like many Northlanders, I have been maintaining bird feeders throughout the cold days of January. A subzero day with a snowpack of a foot becomes an even more terrific winter scene with the addition ...