The Woodpecker finch, one of 14 Darwin's finches of the Galapagos Islands, uses twigs or cactus spines to pry insects and spiders out of tree-holes. The advantage of using tools may seem evident ...

It turns out a ladder back woodpecker has commandeered the birdhouse, enlarged the birdhouse hole — thus the wood chips — and pitched out the old nesting material to make the bird house his or ...

Returning woodpecker’s appearance is different this year, with a circle of gray on his back. Is it the same woodpecker or a new visitor? Plus, sparrows appear to be eating the lawn.

The second most spotted bird was the Downy Woodpecker, which had one to two birds visit 84.9% of feeders followed by the House Finch where a group of four birds visited 84.1% of feeders.