By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff As many hours as I have spent in the woods over the years, I have never seen a ...

Spring is in the air — which means nest-making season is upon us! For this month’s Chirp Chat, Lake Effect’s Xcaret Nuñez ...

in the case of Red-bellied woodpecker.” Scrape nests are small indents, holes or divots dug into open ground in sand, dirt or gravel environments, and they’re sometimes lined with soft ...

Now that we've entered the new spring season, we may be looking for the migrants who will live with us. Searching the yards, we can see some birds that did not winter here but are present now. Along ...

The polygamous males are content to cover and defend two, four or even eight nests in their territory ... one on either side displacing the regulars for a while: the red-bellied woodpecker and the ...

A downy woodpecker is a small black and white bird that visits suet feeders. Listen to their call and see photos of males and ...

This handsome red-bellied woodpecker was happily putting the finishing touches on his soon-to-be family home on a beautiful sunny morning in The Villages. Thanks to Julie Walfield for sharing!

“(The snake was) politely asked to move on to the next drinking spot down the road.” A red-bellied black snake caught making its way up the outside of a Strathalbyn house. Picture: Snake ...