Red-headed woodpecker pair at the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve. Photo by Siah St. Clair. It's hard to believe that we were wrapp...

Cavity-nesting species are an important component of many forest communities and there are a number of ways that these animals interact w...

Field work on the red-headed woodpecker project is humming along and we're enjoying another season at Cedar Creek. The woodpeckers we wor...

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

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

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

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 a...

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

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

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

Happy July, everyone! Time is certainly flying. The red-headed woodpecker breeding season is well under way and keeping us very busy in t...

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-he...

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

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

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

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

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...

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-...

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

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