Male vs. Female Northern Flicker: Nesting Similar to other woodpecker species, northern flickers also build nests. In actuality, they occasionally use old nesting cavities made by other woodpeckers.

Few birds have more common names than the northern flicker. This flashy woodpecker ... and presumably lapping ants up with its long spiny tongue. It was especially smitten with parts of the ...

There are over a dozen species of flicker, living in various parts of the Americas. The species we see here is call the northern flicker. This species occurs over most of North America ...