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Look for D-shaped exit holes, bark falling off the tree, wavy trail lines and Northern Flickers (type of woodpecker), among other things.

Clark said the most common victims of open pipes in Southern Arizona include ash-throated flycatchers, brown-crested flycatchers, Bewick’s wrens, northern flickers and other woodpeckers, western ...

Look for D-shaped exit holes, bark falling off of trees, wavy bug trail lines and Northern Flickers, which are woodpeckers who eat the insects. A photo gallery of what to look for is available here.

Unlike most woodpeckers, flickers spend much of their time on the ground, using their long, barbed tongues to lap up ants — one of their favourite foods. In fact, these birds play an important role in ...

As mentioned earlier, this is a woodpecker with many other common names, including yellow-hammer — a popular name in the Deep South — and harry-wicket, heigh-ho and gawker bird. The Northern flicker ...

A woodpecker’s tongue isn’t just long—it’s incredibly long. In some species, like the Northern Flicker, the tongue can be up to three times the length of its beak, according to the American Bird ...