While fireflies provide a spectacular show during summer months, scientists warn that their population is flickering.

Unicoi County Summer Count took place Saturday, June 14, with 15 observers in six parties. Sharp-eyed counters tallied 107 ...

The Northern flicker is also the only woodpecker to serve a state — Alabama — as an official bird. The flicker earned this distinction back in 1927. Soldiers from Alabama who fought for the ...

Northern flickers are large woodpeckers, and their holes are perfectly sized for buffleheads. They will also nest in manmade boxes placed near their habitats, which include harbors, sheltered ...

Terry Rich A northern flicker female emerges from a cavity nest. Flickers create more cavities than other species of woodpeckers, and relatively large ones.

For most bird species, distinguishing the male from the female is quite easy. But when it comes to northern flickers, it’s a little harder than you might think. Unlike other woodpeckers, there is very ...

The sounds of birdsong in the morning is typically something many people would find refreshing. But for Bradley and Cherylee Gosse, the persistent pecking of a Northern Flicker has them losing ...

There’s also plenty of potential for mental exercise. “I made it a goal of mine to learn all the species of birds on Long Island,” said Fleck, who said she began studying field guides in 2016.

The species we see here is call the northern flicker. This species occurs over most of North America, plus Central America and Cuba, where it prefers open woodlands and forest edges.

The woodpeckers — downy, hairy and red-bellied — inevitably put on a show. For a month now, these three species have been sharing the woods with an overwintering male flicker. It’s the red-bellied, ...

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