The flicker is both a common and conspicuous species here, but it remains a bird of mystery. Only one species draws brings more telephone calls and emails, and that is the bald eagle. The eagle brings ...

A woodpecker by any other name is … a flicker. Flickers are members of the Picidae family, which also includes sapsuckers. Birds of this family use their chiseled bills to bore into trees. Sapsuckers ...