Red-headed woodpecker Male and female red-headed woodpeckers have red hoods, while juveniles of summer have brown hoods. The birds utter reverberating, raspy calls, qwurr-qwurr-qwurr-qwurr.

A bird that serves as the catalyst to pique someone’s interest in the feathered world is termed a “spark bird.” The red-headed woodpecker was the spark that launched Alexander Wilson’s career.

The red-headed woodpecker is a “WOW” bird. True to its name, the entire head is fire-engine red from crown to throat. The showy dome contrasts with a black back and tail, black wings with ...

Thus, unlike the red-bellied woodpecker of the same genus, we have a black bird with a red head, which is a creeper. The Greeks got it right.

Another Georgia bird, the red-headed woodpecker, won’t get as much attention, but some say it also could serve as a patriotic symbol of sorts. In fact, it’s sometimes called the “flag bird ...

The red-headed woodpecker is elusive, but it not because the flashy flag bird is necessarily rare. It’s because the woodpecker favors dead trees for nesting, but people decidedly do not favor ...

The red-headed woodpecker is a near-threatened species and one that had never been seen by birders Mark and Roseann Foster of Alton Bay. But they were able to check that bird off their list, last ...

This juvenile red-headed woodpecker was discovered near the public boat launch at Adams Point in Durham on Nov. 10. It has been seen several times since then, and was last reported on Jan. 21.

The red-bellied woodpecker is sometimes confused with the red-headed woodpecker because both birds have a red head. The red-bellied woodpecker has more of an orange-red head, and the belly may or ...

Research efforts Dr. Elena West leads the red-headed woodpecker research at the University of Minnesota’s Cedar Creek and her work is helping land managers like Moriarty support the bird’s ...

Dr. Elena West leads red-headed woodpecker research at the University of Minnesota’s Cedar Creek and her work is helping land managers like Moriarty support the bird’s habitat.