Meet the woodpecker with a puzzling moniker and a big appetite for suet. Learn what a red-bellied woodpecker looks like and ...

Nearly every winter, we have a few of the northern black-backed woodpeckers and even three-toed woodpeckers in some years. The red-bellied woodpeckers have become more visible locally in recent years.

Of Ohio's seven species of breeding woodpeckers, the red-bellied woodpecker is among the most common and conspicuous.

Through readers' comments and my own observations, I have been tracking with interest the northward movement of the Red-bellied Woodpecker's territory. They have been established for quite some ...

Red-bellied woodpeckers are more easily detected by sound rather than by sight. These woodpeckers are noisy creatures and their calls carry well.

The red-bellied woodpecker is a common bird in the South, but until recently, it was scarcely ever reported in Vermont. Beginning in the mid-1990s, there were occasional, but regular, sightings of the ...

The red-bellied woodpecker is one of Wisconsin’s most misidentified birds.

This week’s featured creature, the red-bellied woodpecker, is so named due to a light wash of red or pink coloring on its belly, but that is barely visible.

Red-Bellied Woodpecker enjoying the SuperSuet from the Log Cylinder Feeder. The close-up gives us a partial view of the "red belly." ...

Red-bellied woodpeckers have been part of Minnesota's landscape since the early 1900s. They were reported in 1932 by Dr. Thomas Sadler Roberts when his seminal book "Birds of Minnesota," was ...

Red-bellied woodpecker, other birds visit during recent snow. Its southern origins are hinted at in its scientific name of Melanerpes carolinus, which can be roughly translated as “black creeper ...

Suet bits are a vital source of fat and protein all year round, and the hot pepper variety deters critters! This Red-Bellied Woodpecker prefers to devour them whole.