I did a bit more reading about flickers and found they eat more ants than any other North American bird. In fact, a biologist once found the remains of up to 5,000 ants in the stomach of a flicker.

Peterson’s inaugural experience with a woodpecker called the northern flicker would shape his life. He was instantly smitten with birds and would become a renowned artist, writer and ...

Evening grosbeaks – northern finches that move ... and birch seed crops are poor across most of Ontario and northeastern Canada, sending the birds that rely on those food sources to the south.

One of the most challenging parts of this job is identifying birds via phone. Some of them are wild. “I think it’s an eagle,” a west Allentown caller claimed last week after sighting a large ...

Now, as a child, I knew the northern flicker as a winter bird, but that’s probably because I lived right near the bird’s southern permanent border in Texas. And, although they can be found all ...

The CBC's Conrad Collaco spoke with Bensette a day after he found the one last elusive species —a Northern Gannet — to make him Ontario's new bird watching champion. That sighting gave ...

Their bodies are normally bigger in the northern regions. For instance, Alaska is home to some of the largest birds, while Grand Cayman Island is home to the tiniest species. Male vs. Female ...

The candidates are six birds that call the city home all year long: Anna’s hummingbird, black-capped chickadee, Pacific wren, pileated woodpecker, northern flicker, and varied thrush.

For unfamiliarity among common birds in our area, the northern flicker must surely take the prize. Flickers are abundant at this time of year, but judging from the questions I get about birds ...