Rare red-headed woodpecker spotted in Pittsburgh area 02:01. PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Birdwatchers are flocking to North Park, hoping to catch a glimpse of the rare red-headed woodpecker.

An innovative effort to lure the rare red-headed woodpecker to nest in the Crow-Hassan Park Reserve is underway. (Brian Peterson • Star Tribune file/The Minnesota Star Tribune) Comment.

The rare and gorgeous sighting of a red-headed woodpecker was made in New Hampshire this week.This one was a juvenile which began to be seen in November near Adams Point and is still around this ...

DARTMOUTH — A rare red-headed midwesterner has graced South Dartmouth. Birdwatchers are flocking to the Lloyd Center for the Environment and its grounds to catch a glimpse of the rare red-headed ...

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. Skip to content. NOWCAST News 9 Daybreak.

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 ...

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 ...

Often confused with the red-bellied woodpecker, which is the same size and has a red cap,... Red-headed woodpeckers may benefit from drought Houston Chronicle Logo Hearst Newspapers Logo ...

A bright flash of a red head in the summer sun followed by black and white wings, and you know you have seen a woodpecker. The red-headed woodpecker, red-belllied woodpecker and pilieated ...

A rare bird spotting in Topeka is bringing Kansas bird-watchers out of the woodwork. ... about the same size as a red-headed woodpecker, and has an oily green back with a red face, ...

red-bellied woodpecker. A very shy Red-Bellied Woodpecker visits a feeder at a Sunset Valley home in Annandale recently. (courtesy photo by Barry Reinhard) ...

In early-dawn light Saturday, Joyce and Terry Grier stood outside their car near Ettenmoor Lane SW and listened for the telltale "kweeer kweeer" or a churring.