What Does a Downy Woodpecker Look Like? One of winter’s most underrated joys is watching through a kitchen window as a downy woodpecker flits from suet feeders to nearby trees. Affectionately ...

The Avian Research Center at Powdermill is one of the world’s leaders in studying and protecting the dwindling ranks of birds.

Woodpeckers make their home on almost every continent. They come in all sorts of shapes and sizes — from the massive pileated woodpecker to the cute compact downy woodpecker, they’re a family ...