Category Archives: Woodpeckers

The [Red-cockaded] Woodpecker Show

Walking amidst the towering longleaf pine trees and grassy undergrowth on a clear yet humid Sunday morning, my second birding trip (W.G. Jones State Forest in Conroe, TX) had a distinctly different feel than the previous overcast and rainy one … Continue reading

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To Help, or Not to Help, ask red-cockaded wodpeckers

“There! I see one!” one of my fellow classmates excitedly exclaimed. I followed the trail of her finger and lifted my binoculars to my eyes just in time to see a red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) pecking on a nearby tree. … Continue reading

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