When the winter weather gets bad and the frigid winds start howling out of the North, many birds will seek shelter in various ways. Woodpeckers and Flickers will get on the downwind side of a tree trunk and just hunker into it. It’s still cold of course…but the windchill is buffered a bit…and every little … Read more
This fall has been pretty quiet on the Flicker front…I just haven’t seen much of them. But as winter has come along they are starting to come in more and more. They are still rooting around looking for insects and such (note the mud on the bill) but eventually, they’ll hit the suet just like … Read more
One of my favorite birds of the backyard. The Flicker is actually in the woodpecker family and it generally get’s along with everyone, unless you get too close while it’s feeding. Then they can get rough and tumble and I haven’t seen a bird, even a Blue Jay, take it on and win. North America … Read more
This Yellow Shafted Flicker, as the name implies, has a very distinctive marking…the shafts on it’s feathers, and the underside of the wings, are a bright yellow. You can’t miss it when it’s flying around the backyard. Flickers are actually in the woodpecker family and they make a great, colorful addition, around the bird feeders. … Read more