Steve Shunk’s involvement with serious birding started simply enough. “One of my colleagues who was a birder handed me a pair of binoculars and said, ‘Try this, you’ll like it.’ ” That moment led to a ...

The red-bellied woodpecker, seen in this file photo, is a common species found in Wichita in the spring. Mark Nale For the CDT It’s the first day of spring and while you’re outside enjoying the sounds ...

For just a moment I had no idea what was happening. It was warm for a winter day, and I was enjoying the peace and quiet as I meandered through withered summer grass at the edge of the dense woods of ...

Recent cold temperatures and a few snowfalls have let us know again that we are still immersed in winter. The frozen ground goes deep enough to cause water and septic problems for many Northlanders.

To a woodpecker’s brain, drumming against a tree is a lot like birdsong. The findings reveal substantial similarities in the brain circuitry behind hearing and executing these two major acoustic ...

Boasting a crown of bright feathers, a Red-bellied woodpecker peers out of the porthole-style opening it made over several days. The staccato sounds of beaks at work signify breeding season for the ...

ALWAYS IN SEASON: Woodpeckers are among the most dependable winter birds Of all the birds that come to feeders in our area, perhaps none are so dependable as the woodpeckers. Four species occur here ...

Cornell University’s Laboratory of Ornithology has released recordings from Arkansas of possible calls and drumming by one or more ivory-billed woodpeckers. The release will fuel a new round in the ...