The pileated woodpecker is a species that requires a rather large amount of forest to make a living. They also require forests full of large trees with relatively high stem densities. In plain English ...

Another resident, Mike Foster, said the woodpecker damaged a tinted window on his Ford F-350 truck and, for its crimes, "is looking at 30 years to life right now." Woodpeckers think reflections in ...

If you want to draw people’s attention, stand in your front yard and stare up at the sky. Add a giant camera for a weirdness factor. Yes, I got questions from at least one woman walking her dog.

P ileated woodpeckers are large, graceful birds, and may be easier to attract than you thought. As big as a crow, the ...

AILSA CHANG, HOST: Now to Rockport, Massachusetts, where woodpeckers are wrecking car windows and mirrors. Dealing with the chaos is exhausting residents, and you can just hear it in their voices.

A woodpecker rests on a tree outside a home during April 2025, in Rockport, Massachusetts. Over the last few weeks, the bird has broken more than two dozen mirrors and at least one vehicle’s ...

A seaside Massachusetts town appears to have fallen prey to an overzealous pileated woodpecker that damaged more than 20 vehicles, a resident said. For weeks, Rockport locals have dealt with ...

A broken car mirror left by the woodpecker. Janelle Favaloro “I was like, ‘Oh, I’m in trouble.’ It was staring me right in the eyes for a solid 30 seconds.

People thought it was an April Fool's Day joke when a neighbor posted on Facebook about a vandal bird breaking car mirrors. Now, the Squam Hill neighborhood is dotted with broken glass.

The woodpecker has been caught on camera perching on cars and trucks and drilling into the side mirrors, leaving some cracked and others shattered. Skip to content. NOWCAST NewsCenter 5 at Noon.

Rockport neighbors getting car mirrors and windows damaged by woodpecker 01:56. There's a vandal damaging cars in Rockport, Massachusetts and no one seems too upset about it, because it's a ...