woodpeckers

OK. You probably know that I live where we have many, many woodpeckers. One of the most abundant woodpeckers in…

I hope everyone participated in at least one day of the four day Great Backyard Bird Count of 2018. I…

As tree crowns grow thinner, Autumn becomes the true woodpecker season. September in the Balkans started with the usual unruly…

One of the best things about our annual Lassen Park campout is that we get to see several species of…

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…