12/02/2025
Red-headed Woodpeckers were once very common throughout the east, but they’ve been decreasing in numbers—losing half their population in the past 50 years. Recent surveys show that this trend is continuing. The reasons are not well known, but the cutting of dead trees leaves many without suitable nesting cavities, and the cavities that do exist are highly competitive real estate, especially for non-native species like starlings. We must protect the Red-headed Woodpecker before it’s too late.