One of the most attractive and fascinating birds to visit our feeders is the Northern ... When a flicker lands on the feeder, it gets your immediate attention. These are woodpeckers, but in ...

After listening to their calls, it is difficult to tell the Northern flicker and the pileated woodpecker apart ... re unsure if we’ll ever know which type of bird is up there.

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, they ...