The males of the species prepare for mating season by excavating nests for the approval of the females — and even other birds and animals.

The males of the species prepare for mating season by excavating nests for the approval of the females — and even other birds and animals. Snags, or wildlife trees, are favorite haunts of woodpeckers, ...

Woodpeckers peck trees and wood searching for insects and also to communicate with each other (file photo) Power cuts in a Co Clare town have been caused by woodpeckers pecking electricity poles and ...

Woodpeckers have been blamed for more than 10 power cuts in the Clare town of Sixmilebridge in just over a year, with some of the outages lasting more than 24 hours, a TD has established. Fine Gael’s ...

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 ...

West Dartmoor, Devon: It’s quite normal for greater spotteds to start staking out territories in January, less so on a plastic box near my bedroom window The electrical junction box, fixed to the top ...

08:07, Wed, Jan 21, 2026 Updated: 08:20, Wed, Jan 21, 2026 Feeding birds is a fun way to breathe life into a sleepy winter garden, and if you go the extra mile to attract woodpeckers, they can return ...

Over the last couple of years, it has become pretty much standard for phone brands to do an annual launch of new devices. Naturally, these come complete with the latest hardware and software ...

Woodpeckers operate at an extreme level, boring through solid wood with forces more than 30 times their own weight and drilling up to 13 times a second. How do they never miss a beat while head ...

“And you tell him if he don’t show up himself, he ain’t nothing but a yellow-bellied sapsucking coward.”–Denzel Washington as Sam Chisolm in the 2016 remake of "The Magnificent Seven" Arguably our ...

Build a high-quality router table for your woodshop featuring a Woodpeckers router table and useful cabinets for tool organization. This video covers the assembly of the router table, building the ...