Knock knock. Who’s there? For those of you who live in houses with certain types of wooden siding, your visitor may be a woodpecker. Those same shingles/shakes/clapboards that caught your eye as a home buyer can prove irresistible to your industrious neighbors the Downies, Hairies, Red-Bellieds and Flickers. This time of year, woodpeckers are in
Bird, Fly, Woodpecker
What’s black and white and red all over, in nature? Here in the TriCities’ corner of the natural world, not a lot. But the red-headed woodpecker is one notable exception. In our area, four woodpeckers are commonly seen: the tiny downy; its larger cousin the hairy; the red-bellied; and the northern flicker. Springtime brings brief
Bird, Red-Headed Woodpecker, Woodpecker