It’s 5:30 a.m. and you’re suddenly woken up by the noise of a woodpecker pecking away on the side your house. What can you do? The options are limited and for the most part, all non-lethal. Shooting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. woodpecker Woodpeckers are notorious for pecking – or drumming – away at trees in search of food, a mate, and when nesting. But ...

You may hear the neighborhood woodpeckers at work when they’re dining on spiders, grubs, or insects such as ants in the nearest dead tree. But their loud hammering is impossible to miss if they start ...

“Woodpecker” is an apt name for an animal that thrives on doing just that, pecking wood, usually within earshot of your bedroom or quiet space. On average, a woodpecker will peck around 12,000 times a ...

"No, this is not a bird; it is a jackhammer with feathers!" That's how an irritated caller described a woodpecker to me. Her romantic notion of living in harmony with nature was shattered with every ...

If you have heard a woodpecker pecking away at your gutter or home this fall, it may not mean you have insects in your wood. Connecticut is home to seven species of woodpeckers that live in forests, ...

The weather has been fickle this winter, but one thing I could count on was visits by downy woodpeckers to my suet feeder. Downies, like most of the woodpeckers in this area, are present year round, ...

Spring is my favorite time of the year. The pleasant weather is a call to open the windows of our homes and be treated to the smells of spring flowers, fresh cut grass and the sounds of birds doing ...