There are over a dozen species of flicker, living in various parts of the Americas. The species we see here is call the northern flicker. This species occurs over most of North America, plus Central ...

You might spot some of these woodpeckers stashing acorns in your garden, while others can be identified by their beautiful ...

Do you love woodpeckers? Then you’ll love this wooden suet feeder that uses suet plugs or spreadable suet. Our cold weather is causing the birds to use up most of their fat stores overnight in order ...

So far, the duct tape seems to be keeping the flicker away from its destructive front-door molding drilling. Or, perhaps they have chosen other nearby trees to make a nest. These two holes were ...

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I awaken to the bumble, rumble, scraping of the town plow along the road as it tosses the accumulated snow onto the rising verges of road drift. As the plow moves away, the world becomes snow-silent.

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