I was in the foothills of Siswan, stealing in by twilight to watch fireflies by a minor check-dam; as the moon deepened ray ...

The Baltimore oriole became the northern oriole and now it is again the Baltimore ... This is the only raptor showing such a drastic difference in coloration, and like male and female cardinals, this ...

The search for love in the countryside continues. These 16 male and female farmers want to find their perfect match in the ...

A keystone species is one that plays a disproportionately large role in maintaining the structure and biodiversity of its ...

Unlike other woodpeckers, there is very little difference between the male and female northern flicker. This article will guide you through the main differences between a male and female northern ...

The male and female would “alternately fly in and attend to the nest every 20 or 30 minutes,” she says, “stay for 5 or 10 seconds, and fly out again.” Captivated, Cahill decided to spend that whole ...

The fish typically shy away from humans. But once their eggs have hatched, northern snakeheads can turn nasty. Both the male and female parents guard their young—called fry—and have been known ...

It is a female. During Thursday’s snowstorm ... the snow and eat the pieces other birds knock off. A Red-shafted Northern flicker with an extra long curved bill compared to a regular red ...

The Red-Bellied Woodpecker is a common visitor at backyard feeders, but do you know how to distinguish male from female? This video shows a great comparison of the two. Notice that the red on the ...

A female northern flicker sits in her nest cavity on Douglas ... and use of nest cavities in (usually) dead trees. Both male and female excavate, but males do most of the work.

For a month now, these three species have been sharing the woods with an overwintering male flicker. It’s the red-bellied ... black “Snidely Whiplash” mustachios on its cheeks (the female has none).

I’ll bet this bird is not mentioned as the northern flicker. The male can be distinguished from the female by the appearance of a mustache at the base of its bill. Although not really a mustache ...