Join today and start sharing your woodpecker pictures. They are very common at feeders and easily attracted with suet, peanuts, mixed seed, or black sunflower seed. and Dayton). Red-headed Woodpecker – These woodpeckers have an unmistakable bright red head, black wings and white belly. 3. Beautiful birds. It’s nearly the size of a crow, black with bold white stripes down the neck and a flaming-red crest. Feb 28, 2017 - There are eight woodpeckers found in Michigan. The Pileated Woodpecker is one of the biggest, most striking forest birds on the continent. Look (and listen) for Pileated Woodpeckers whacking at dead trees and fallen logs in search of their main prey, carpenter ants, leaving unique rectangular holes in the wood. Robin 06-Aug-2015 21:55 Pileated woodpeckers are becoming relatively common around our house in Madison Township, OH (between Cin. The Michigan Bird Records Committee lists eleven different woodpecker species found in the state. Many Michigan residents enjoy searching for woodpeckers in the winter months, since many other animals will shelter or migrate for the cold Michigan winters. Red-bellied Woodpecker - They are common throughout They spend the summers in all of Michigan but aren’t as common at birdfeeders. Downy Woodpeckers are the smallest of all woodpeckers in North America and can be found in Michigan all year throughout the whole state. I just read Tim Gallagher's 2011 "Return to Durango" concerning the Imperial woodpecker. 1. Michigan woodpeckers in the yard and in the wild with pictures. However, many woodpeckers do not migrate and are one of the few species that can keep a Michigan bird watcher busy in the winter season.