woodpeckers

Black Woodpeckers are usually easy to find in Germany. Yes, some birders may frown at this statement. At least one…

Let us no more speak of this week’s  extraordinary failure by a cast of Falcons to finish off their prey….

I dipped a bird recently – possibly a lifer. While crossing Gramos Mountain in northern Greece, a Dendrocopos woodpecker flew…

Unlike cavity nesting ducklings which hatch precocial (eyes open, covered with down and ready to go), most cavity nesting birds…

My nestling Red-shafted Northern Flickers (Colaptes auratus) are around two weeks old now and the adults are still entering the…

My bird feeding array has been set up outside the window of my study. I can gaze from here and…

As some of you may know, I have been monitoring about 35 nest boxes on three Bluebird Trails going on seven…

Exploring the country side around our new (for now) home, La Paz, Mexico has been an interesting treat. We have…

Some updates from the comments sections! On the Limpkin, the ever-sagicious Rick Wright points out that the ‘gait’ explanation may…

Well, I never did see a Black-backed Woodpecker on my trip, but they were on my mind… What could be…