Like its smaller cousin the downy woodpecker, this bird is smartly patterned, with a white belly, a white patch down the center of the back, and white spots on its back wings. Those in the West ...

Hairy woodpeckers are readily distinguished visually from the similar-looking and closely related downy woodpeckers by ... If one is located, the bird may excavate a hole to pursue the prey ...

In the wake of the discovery, some experts supported the evidence while others suggested that the tape showed a similar, smaller woodpecker ... any surviving birds. A recent recording may ...

Woodpeckers make ... to the cute compact downy woodpecker, they’re a family 239 species strong. Woodpeckers: The Hole Story pecks away at what makes these birds so special, uncovering intimate ...