It was early October last year when our backyard was visited by a large flock of birds that at first I didn’t recognize. They looked to be a bit larger than robins and were busy gleaning sunflower ...

The Northern Flicker is one of the most recognizable birds. This distinctly-marked member of the woodpecker family, instead of browsing wood for... Aug 05, 2021 — The Northern Flicker is one of the ...

Many Calgarians are familiar with the northern flicker, a member of the woodpecker family that can often be heard banging their beaks on chimneys or drilling into siding. Though flickers are beloved ...

One fine April morning in 1919, an 11-year-old boy named Roger Tory Peterson was exploring a natural area in Jamestown, New York. He happened along what appeared to be a clump of dead feathers stuck ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A male northern flicker hunts ants in McCormac's lawn. Few birds have more common names than the northern flicker. This flashy ...

The northern flicker is not uncommon in our area, but sometimes it seems like everyone is seeing flickers. Right now is one of those times. We’ve had many reports of flickers in the last couple of ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Late last September, I saw the first Northern flicker of the season passing ...

We have received several messages lately with pictures of this beautiful bird, asking for assistance with identification. The pictures invariably show a Northern flicker on the ground, not the ...

We should begin to see flickers again about now, although a few are here during the winter months. The flicker is an insect-eating woodpecker that does most of its feeding on the ground. Ants, beetles ...

Few birds have more common names than the northern flicker. This flashy woodpecker goes by cotton-rump, high-hole, yellowhammer and at least 150 other colloquialisms. All these monikers speak to the ...