Northern Flicker

You Are What You Eat: A Flicker Mystery Solved

October 13, 2016
Meredith Mann
News
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It’s been a head-scratcher for quite some time. What’s with the yellow-shafted Northern Flickers in the eastern U.S. bearing some orange feathers? (As…

Watch Northern Flickers As They Are Coaxed From Their Cavity Nest

July 14, 2016
Larry
Conservation
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Unlike cavity nesting ducklings which hatch precocial (eyes open, covered with down and ready to go), most cavity nesting birds…

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Red-shafted Northern Flickers Feeding Nestlings

June 16, 2016
Larry
Conservation
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My nestling Red-shafted Northern Flickers (Colaptes auratus) are around two weeks old now and the adults are still entering the…

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One Lucky Flicker

June 03, 2016
Suzie
Birds
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Thud! That awful sound of a bird hitting a window. What comes next? So many times these situations end badly, which…

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Northern Flicker Nestlings at Ten Days

June 02, 2016
Larry
Conservation
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Continuing my Northern Flicker (Collaptes auratus) nestling observations from my last post, I was amazed at what I found when I opened…

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Northern Flickers Have Found My Nest Box

May 19, 2016
Larry
Conservation
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As some of you may know, I have been monitoring about 35 nest boxes on three Bluebird Trails going on seven…

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Northern Flicker Intergrade in California

December 31, 2014
Larry
Birds
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The Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus) is the third largest woodpecker in North America if you count the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. It…

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