A snowy morning turns into a backyard drama as woodpeckers, starlings and a flicker compete for space at the feeders, ...

One of the most attractive and fascinating birds to visit our feeders is the Northern flicker. They’re big and handsomely marked. When a flicker lands on the feeder, it gets your immediate ...

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 ...

Houston says it's likely northern flickers causing the problem. They're slightly bigger than a robin, he said, and need a bigger space for nesting. "Compared to the other woodpeckers ...

So, he called up Curtis Houston, who owns a birding hobby shop in town. Houston says it's likely northern flickers causing the problem. They're slightly bigger than a robin, he said, and need a ...