SAMUEL: (Imitating northern flicker chirps). DETROW: It almost sounds like you've got a kazoo or something, but that's just you. SAMUEL: Yeah. Well, I actually do have a kazoo in my bedroom.

Northern flickers, a species of woodpecker, ... Easy to recognize, even their call is fairly obvious. They get their name from their squeaky “flick-a flick-a flick-a” call.

After listening to their calls, it is difficult to tell the Northern flicker and the pileated woodpecker apart. The pileated seems more throaty, while the flicker sounds light and almost juvenile ...