You may have noticed that almost every species of passerine bird has a particular method of flying. Woodpeckers (including ...

Few birds have more common names than the northern flicker. This flashy woodpecker goes by cotton-rump, high-hole, yellowhammer and at least 150 other colloquialisms. All these monikers speak to the ...

Paul Vriend's photo of a northern flicker in flight, a tale of a Chinook salmon caught while sailing and, as requested, the ...