CLARKE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — An adult male pileated woodpecker was rescued by the Blue Ridge Wildlife Center after it was found along the side of a road in Culpeper County. A spokesperson for the ...

Discover which woodpeckers mate for life, and which pair up and then split up. Also learn how long pileated woodpeckers live.

Last Friday, I woke up with a splitting headache and bloody sinuses. Every muscle in my body ached and I was utterly exhausted even after a full night of sleep. I walked out to check on the wood stove ...

Pileated Woodpeckers begin nesting in the spring in excavated cavities in dead trees. The male Pileated does most of the excavating, and this can take from three to six weeks of persistent hammering ...

WOODPECKERS have unique habits that place them into a category of avian critters who conduct their life and food gathering ...

After years of waiting, I finally saw this gorgeous female Pileated Woodpecker exploring the dead pine trees that I refused to cut down. Credit: PHOTO BY BILL DANIELSON Last Friday morning I woke up ...

The male pileated woodpecker has been attacking residents' cars in Rockport during his mating season Janelle Favaloro A male woodpecker in Massachusetts was caught vandalizing vehicles amid the bird's ...

The pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) is such a strikingly large bird that it can only be confused with the ivory-billed woodpecker which is debated by many as to whether it is actually extinct ...

YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — Truly a rare visitor to our backyard bird feeders, it’s always exciting when Dr. Pill shows up. Dr. Pill is our nickname for our local Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus ...

The pileated woodpecker is an impressive bird in many ways. A forceful reminder of this came at me the other day, when a pileated woodpecker appeared in front of my windshield. The bird was northbound ...

As a collective notion, woodpeckers are one of the more familiar bird families. The general idea is clear enough: medium-sized, black-and-white birds with red highlights that use their beaks to pound ...