The red-headed woodpecker breeding season at Cedar Creek has begun with a slow turn from winter to spring. We've finally rounded the corner and in many ways ...

Red-headed Woodpeckers are facultative migrants, meaning that they leave their breeding grounds during some winters but not during others. In general, facult...

The Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is a census of birds in the Western Hemisphere, performed annually by volunteers and organized by the National Audubon Society...

The fall season in Minnesota has been spectacular this year and we've been lucky to have a couple of solid months of bright autumn hues and some beautiful da...

Greg Stanley, a reporter with the Star Tribune, joined us in the field last week to learn about red-headed woodpeckers and the research we are conducting at ...

Sightings of red-headed woodpeckers (RHWO) in Minnesota—particularly during the breeding season—are not unheard of, despite the species' drastic decline over...

Social behavior in birds and other animals is remarkably diverse, ranging from short-term interactions (like pollination or predation) to lifetime associati...

Happy July, everyone! Time is certainly flying. The red-headed woodpecker breeding season is well under way and keeping us very busy in the field. We're seei...

The 2019 field season is upon us! A warm welcome to our new and returning citizen science volunteers! Unlike the start of the 2018 red-headed woodpecker bree...

Our project is very lucky to have so many talented and dedicated citizen science volunteers, many of whom work long hours throughout the year to document Red...

Post and illustration by Megan Massa From time to time I illustrate the woodpeckers at Cedar Creek, usually when something interesting happens that I think...

For first-year red-headed woodpeckers (and many other bird species), late summer represents the beginning of independence from their parents. Young birds gra...

Unlike many other woodpecker species, red-headed woodpeckers have an extended breeding season from May into September. Despite the late season snowfall on Ap...

Summer in Cedar Creek's oak savannas means an incredible amount of animal activity. We could fill this blog with stories on a daily basis if we had the time!...

Much of our work early in the field season is made up of daily nest checks. Once volunteers on the project locate potentially active red-headed woodpecker ne...

Are you missing red-headed woodpeckers, orchard orioles or scarlet tanagers from your year-list? Or maybe you’ve been dying to add to your count of sparrows ...

Welcome to the Red-headed woodpecker Research and Recovery blog! Our 2018 field season came fast and furious this year as many of our birds at Cedar Creek be...