After we cut down aging trees in our Guilderland yard, a northern flicker tried to build a shelter in the trim of our home.

Feeding and watching the birds ... woodpeckers that live in Western New York for some part of the year (they tend to migrate south for the winter) are the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Northern ...

The Okanagan Valley's unique climate and ecology make it a crucial habitat for both year-round resident birds and winter ...

I participated in the Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count, a yearly ritual of one-day bird counts that take place ...

Golf and... birds? "Corica Park, our municipal course, is filled with birds," writes Linda Carloni of Friends of the Alameda ...

If only we were more like Picidae, the woodpecker family ... rattle thrown in for good measure. Northern Flicker The Northern Flicker is another bird that's found a home close to human habitation.

This year’s count was highlighted by the presence of a record number of chipping sparrows being seen. In addition, a merlin ...

Then I watched as a Downy woodpecker landed on the feeder. Again, the larger bird was driven from the feeder by the smaller nuthatch. It was time for me to get some pictures. I set up about 10 ...

Monday’s two inches of snow pushed 12 Northern flickers to my backyard feeders ... It was a message from a friend, along with four pictures of a very rare bird for our area.

MIFFLINTOWN — The annual Juniata-Lewistown Christmas Bird Count, a unique holiday tradition ... white-breasted nuthatches, downy woodpeckers, chipping sparrows, yellow-shafted northern flickers and ...