Neil Lalonde found himself 40 feet above the ground one spring morning, reaching into a woodpecker nest in a loblolly pine, and pulling out a 5-day-old bird. He clasped tiny bands around its ...
At one point in the 1970s, the red-cockaded woodpecker population had dipped as low as 1,470 clusters—or groups of nests, wildlife officials said. Today, there are an estimated 7,800 clusters.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The red-cockaded woodpecker, an iconic bird in southeastern forests, has recovered enough of its population to be downlisted from an endangered species to a threatened one ...
Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - In this July 30, 2019, file photo, a red-cockaded woodpecker looks to a biologist as it is released ...
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker has endured a woeful breeding season in Britain, with The Woodpecker Network describing 2024 as "one of the poorest seasons" since the organisation was established. Only nine ...