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 ...

While studying some of the birds feeding in my backyard, I saw a small woodpecker that acted and looked like a Downy. The ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you want to see a flicker, look on the ground and look soon. Flickers are moving south. The flicker is a species of woodpecker, but no matter. In migration, flickers are ground-loving birds. That's ...

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 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 ...