As I watched a woodpecker banging away at a tree, it made me think, why don’t woodpeckers get headaches or suffer brain trauma from all that drumming? So, I looked it up. Once again, nature has ...

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As spring progresses, you may hear that ever-familiar sound: peck, peck, peck. While fun for bird watchers, woodpeckers can quickly become a nuisance when their beak’s target is the side of your home.

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If you’ve heard the hammering of a woodpecker in the woods, you might have wondered how the birds can be so forceful. What does it take to whack your head against a tree repeatedly, hard enough to ...

Old Moneybags and I need to get out and walk around more. We learned recently that some woodpeckers are disturbing the ambiance of the forest. Our forest preservation rules are mostly unwritten ...

While strolling through the woods, my eyes landed on a woodpecker, whose actions sparked a cancer analogy in my mind. On my morning walk today, I encountered a pileated woodpecker religiously ...