BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Knock, knock! Are your northern flicker neighbors causing a ruckus this spring? Think Wild, Central Oregon’s wildlife hospital, conservation and education center, said Tuesday ...

Q: I’ve been watching a flicker family growing up in a tree on my property. The parents bring food and the youngsters stick their heads out of the nest hole to eat it. Out of nowhere and in the blink ...

When a family of flickers settled in a nesting box on his property, naturalist Brian Keating decided to set up a spy cam to capture the action. "The camera is so small, it's the size of a matchbox," ...

It’s been almost a year since I moved from Northampton County suburbia to a rural Schuylkill County mountaintop. Although the change was driven by family considerations, being surrounded by nature ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Connie Owen sent a photo of a flicker feeding her young in a nest in a hollow tree. “I have been ...

The Wilson Bulletin, Vol. 110, No. 2 (Jun., 1998), pp. 218-225 (8 pages) I monitored 54 pairs of Northern Flickers (Colaptes auratus), with artificial nest boxes placed near their nest cavities, ...

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, plus Central ...

When the grass in the meadow just east of my home is short, I sometimes see a brown bird on the ground. When the bird is facing away from me, the back and wings look brown with black bars. When it ...

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 ...

Connie Owen sent a photo of a flicker feeding her young in a nest in a hollow tree. “I have been enjoying this flicker around my home in Cape Charles,” wrote Owen. “Obviously, he has a family in this ...

When a family of flickers settled in a nesting box on his property, naturalist Brian Keating decided to set up a spy cam to capture the action. "The camera is so small, it's the size of a matchbox," ...