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 ...

On a cold, mid-March morning, I heard a sign of spring echo across the frigid suburban landscape: a lone woodpecker drumming on a tree. The rapid succession of persistent, rhythmic tapping continued ...

From their tree-climbing abilities to extraordinary hearing, there are plenty of interesting facts to learn about the ...

If you want to see a flicker, look on the ground and look soon. Flickers are moving south. The flicker is a species of woodpecker, but no matter. In migration, flickers are ground-loving birds. That's ...