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 ...

A Greater Roadrunner zoomed into view and hopped atop one of the tee boxes to survey its surroundings. I focused my ...

Unicoi County Summer Count took place Saturday, June 14, with 15 observers in six parties. Sharp-eyed counters tallied 107 ...

While hearing woodpeckers do their thing can get a little tiresome, the birds are actually great to have around. Here's how ...

A woodpecker. The woodpecker, a male Northern Flicker I later came to learn, started out drumming on the thin metal cap on top of a light pole directly across the street.

A Calgary couple is frustrated by damage caused by a Northern Flicker, a kind of woodpecker that has been pecking holes in the stucco of their home.

Wondering what birds can eat? Attract birds with occasional treats that you have stocked in the kitchen. Offer peanut butter, raisins and more.

Northern Flicker eating SuperSuet in the Log Suet Cylinder Feeder. Fun fact: most woodpecker's tongues are 2 to 3 times longer than their beaks, and the base of this retractable tongue folds ...

Flickers are hefty woodpeckers, considerably larger than hairy woodpeckers. Unlike most woodpeckers, they don’t typically forage on tree trunks. Instead, they forage mainly on the ground.

A snowy morning turns into a backyard drama as woodpeckers, starlings and a flicker compete for space at the feeders, showcasing nature’s beauty and hierarchy.

A northern flicker woodpecker perches on the roof of the Prince George Courtyard Marriott Hotel, where it has been pecking holes into the newly constructed building. (Audrey McKinnon/CBC - image ...

After we cut down aging trees in our Guilderland yard, a northern flicker tried to build a shelter in the trim of our home.