Woodpeckers are fun to see, so if one is drilling holes in your tree, you may be glad to know there is actually an amazing ...

Some trees are said to have up to 50,000 holes bored by generations of acorn woodpeckers.

Occasionally, homeowners will notice small holes in the trunks of landscape trees. This may not mean impending death to the tree, but it’s not good. The presence of holes usually means that an insect ...

Occasionally homeowners will notice small holes in the trunks of landscape trees. This may not mean impending death to the tree, but it’s not good. The presence of holes usually means that an insect ...

♪♪ These holes in trees, in many shapes and sizes, make woodpeckers important to everyone in the forest.

Rows of small, round holes in vertical lines in wooden structures like siding, tree trunks, or fences, are likely caused by woodpeckers. The holes are typically about the size of a quarter.

Acorn woodpeckers love to collect acorns and “tattoo” them into the holes they create in trees. The acorns are woodpecker gold – high in vitamins, minerals, fats and protein.

Woodpeckers can cause permanent damage to trees, but it is possible to get them to move elsewhere "Fielding Questions" columnist Don Kinzler answers questions about a damaged chokecherry tree, as ...

Brian and Crystal Clark's children, Xander and Ziva, died after a tree fell on their golf cart during a camping trip in April.

A: Great observation and wonderful tree. I’m going to go out on a limb. (Old horticultural term.) I see rows of woodpecker holes on these limbs, but I see none in the gray bark. I wonder if ...

After we cut down aging trees in our Guilderland yard, a northern flicker tried to build a shelter in the trim of our home.