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 ...

Day after day, a pileated woodpecker has been smashing the side view mirrors on cars throughout the neighborhood. A rough count is about 20 mirrors, based on interviews with neighbors, but it’s ...

Why would a woodpecker peck something other than wood? And what would you do with a woodpecker whose pecking is perturbing, perplexing and property-damaging? It's not a "Woody Woodpecker" episode.

The pesky two-month mystery behind at least 25 punctured and shattered sideview mirrors and windshields in Rockport was recently cracked when a local caught the pileated woodpecker in the act.

More than 20 vehicles in a town on Cape Ann, Mass., have been damaged by a woodpecker in mating season. “You still see him out here,” one resident said. “Peck, peck, peck, peck.” ...

Ben Favaloro poses next to a replacement sideview mirror on his pick-up truck, after the original was broken by a rogue woodpecker earlier in the month (Copyright ...

Now, they’re slinging trash bags and towels over the side mirrors of their cars to protect them from a destructive and determined pileated woodpecker. Over the last few weeks, the bird has ...