The male’s crest extends to the top of the bill. Learn how to identify a hairy woodpecker. You won’t mistake this bird for a ...

Attracting a hairy woodpecker to your yard can be a challenge compared to its more common look-alike, the downy woodpecker, but the bright, bold beauties are found across the continent and worth ...

This common desert woodpecker replaces the closely related Nuttall’s in arid regions; the 2 species are known to hybridize at a few localities in southern California. Polytypic (about 8 ssp.