#BRINGBIRDSBACK FEATURED SPECIES: RED-HEADED WOODPECKER

March 24, 2025.Reading time 2 minutes.

Red-headed Woodpeckers are strikingly beautiful birds. They are in trouble. But we can help them in our yards. Their numbers have declined 1% per yr, 54% total, since the mid-1960s. They have made it to the Yellow Watch List “for species that require constant monitoring and long-term assessment to prevent further declines.” What are the […]

RED-HEADED WOODPECKERS: STRIKING LOOKS, STRIKING POPULATION DECLINE

February 16, 2024.Reading time 3 minutes.

Red-headed Woodpeckers are striking North American woodpeckers. But their gorgeous looks have not kept them off the Partners In Flight’s Yellow Watch List, the list of species that require constant monitoring and long-term assessment to prevent further declines. In their case, further declines from the current 1%\year or 54% in total since mid-1960s. They are […]