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 ...

GRAND FORKS – “Northern flicker” is the answer to one of the five most frequently asked questions about birds. The flicker is a misfit in several ways. It is a woodpecker, to begin with, and it ...

The flickers are here. Even if you haven’t seen one yet this fall, nor consciously absorbed the fact of their arrival, I would be surprised if the physical phenomenon of their loud and ringing calls ...

As the sparkling, golden days of October pass, so do migrating birds winging their way south to warmer wintering grounds. Our feeders are back up swaying in the cool breeze. Down from higheraltitude ...