Goetze: Our region’s woodpeckers may be praised for some things while also maligned for perceived or actual damage caused.

In flight a small white patch shows at the ... bill is brownish (black in adults). Compare with the golden-fronted woodpecker, which has solid black central rectrices, lacks pink or red on the ...

When aircrash investigators of the future retrieve a flight recorder from the wreckage of a plane they may have the golden-fronted woodpecker, Melanerpes aurifons, to thank for the survival of the ...

The red-bellied woodpecker's drumming is similar to the downy's but much more robust, almost like a small jackhammer. Its drumming can be heard throughout the day. The golden-fronted woodpecker of ...

In addition to the red top, it has a back with narrow black and white stripes, a clear, cream-colored breast and white patches on the wings that can be seen during flight. The red-headed ...

But the erratic, rising and falling, undulating flight patterns of some ... and include the red-bellied, golden-fronted, ladder-backed and red-headed woodpeckers. The back and dorsal wing surfaces ...