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 ...

Those colorful underwings may be flashed during social interactions. A female northern flicker sits in her nest cavity on Douglas in 2010, a rare nesting record for Juneau. (Photo by Bob Armstrong ...

Few birds have more common names than the northern flicker. This flashy woodpecker goes by cotton-rump, high-hole, yellowhammer and at least 150 other colloquialisms. All these monikers speak to ...