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.

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 flicker is both a common and conspicuous species here, but it remains a bird of mystery. Only one species draws brings more telephone calls and emails, and that is the bald eagle. The eagle brings ...

The morning coldness was not the only thing that greeted me as I walked out to check my bird feeders early in the week.

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 ...

The red-shafted northern flicker is common in New Mexico, especially as springtime nears. We’ve had many reported sightings in the last couple of weeks. Northern Flickers are found throughout the U.S.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

My yard must be one of the most exciting places for northern flickers. These large, brown woodpeckers don’t do much hunting, hammering on trees and dead wood like most woodpeckers. Instead they go ...

ABSTRACT Melanin is a common pigment in the plumage of birds, but the extent to which its deposition in feathers is condition dependent and can be used as a reliable signal of quality and reproductive ...