Northern flickers are large, brown woodpeckers with black-scalloped plumage that live year-round in Nevada. Their brown plumage is richly patterned with black spots, bars and crescents. The ...

A flock of Northern Flickers caught my eye today as I drove up the driveway. They were foraging on the grassy lawn where the deer often hang out in the evening. But what could they possibly be dining ...

One of the most attractive and fascinating birds to visit our feeders is the Northern flicker. They’re big and handsomely marked. When a flicker lands on the feeder, it gets your immediate attention.

The red-shafted northern flicker is common in New Mexico, especially as springtime nears. We’ve had many reported sightings in the last couple of weeks. Northern Flickers are found throughout the U.S.

DEAR JOAN: Earlier this week we saw this bird scrounging on the ground for food in our backyard. It is about the size of a morning dove or a little bigger. It has a black patch on it’s breast and a ...

Even if you wouldn’t know what it was if it landed on your shoulder, you’ve probably heard the northern flicker’s distinctive drumming in spring. It sounds something like a hammer drill and drives ...

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 ...

From my living room window the other day, I spied a large brownish bird with a striking white rump hopping about and pecking at something on my lawn. I recognized it immediately -- a Northern flicker, ...