Bill Stickler took this photo of a female red-shafted northern flicker landing on top of a fir tree in Spokane Valley on Jan. 22. Web extra: Submit your own outdoors-related photographs for a chance ...

We have received several messages lately with pictures of this beautiful bird, asking for assistance with identification. The pictures invariably show a Northern flicker on the ground, not the ...

A northern flicker as photographed by Terry Sanborn in late December. Sanborn writes this “is one of three that visits our backyard in the Spokane Valley frequently.” Web extra: Submit your own ...

While you likely were sleeping, some Michiganders were stargazing — and photographing what they saw. Sharon Ford captured this image of the Northern Lights over Chateau Grand Traverse. ⁦ The northern ...

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The northern flicker is a common permanent resident of the Ada area and is this week’s featured creature. Flickers are actually woodpeckers but don’t always act like typical woodpeckers. They often ...

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Knock, knock! Are your northern flicker neighbors causing a ruckus this spring? Think Wild, Central Oregon’s wildlife hospital, conservation and education center, said Tuesday ...

While you likely were sleeping, some Michiganders were stargazing — and photographing what they saw. The northern lights, or more romantically known as the aurora borealis, were visible from various ...