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 ...

For unfamiliarity among common birds in our area, the northern flicker must surely take the prize. Flickers are abundant at this time of year, but judging from the questions I get about birds, many ...

The common flicker is an uncommon woodpecker. I found a bright yellow feather in the woods the other day. At first I thought it w as from a molting goldfinch, but realized it was too big. I decided it ...

As the sparkling, golden days of October pass, so do migrating birds winging their way south to warmer wintering grounds. Our feeders are back up swaying in the cool breeze. Down from higheraltitude ...

One of the most attractive and fascinating birds to visit our feeders is the Northern flicker. They’re big and handsomely marked. When a flicker lands on the feeder, it gets your immediate attention.

As a collective notion, woodpeckers are one of the more familiar bird families. The general idea is clear enough: medium-sized, black-and-white birds with red highlights that use their beaks to pound ...

As a collective notion, woodpeckers are one of the more familiar bird families. The general idea is clear enough: medium-sized, black-and-white birds with red highlights that use their beaks to pound ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. The next two weeks will produce the peak of spring migration. Some of the ...

So far, the duct tape seems to be keeping the flicker away from its destructive front-door molding drilling. Or, perhaps they have chosen other nearby trees to make a nest. These two holes were ...

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 ...