Female northern flickers feature a black U-shaped bib on their breast, just like the males. Their chest and belly are spotted with black dots, and their wings are banded with black markings. A ...

A keystone species is one that plays a disproportionately large role in maintaining the structure and biodiversity of its ...

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 ...

There are over a dozen species of flicker, living in various parts of the Americas. The species we see here is call the northern flicker. This species occurs over most of North America ...

Northern flickers are our most unusual woodpeckers, radically different in both appearance and behavior from the smaller and more familiar black-and-white species such as downy or acorn woodpeckers.

Flickers are distinctive birds that stand out from the many smaller, drabber birds that flit through the shrubs and trees during this migration season. Northern flickers are blue jay-sized ...

Once upon a time, there was a bird with a long, sturdy bill who, in spring, could be found annoying a homeowner with loud ...

For a month now, these three species have been sharing the woods with an overwintering male flicker. It’s the red-bellied, though, that’s the most aggressive even though the flicker is a larger bird ...