Connie Owen sent a photo of a flicker feeding her young in a nest in a hollow tree. “I have been enjoying this flicker around my home in Cape Charles,” wrote Owen. “Obviously, he has a family in this ...

This is the time in September when the coming of autumn reaches out to us. On a walk now, we'll see ripe apples, goldenrods and asters that have been flowering for the last month and are starting to ...

Claim to fame: In birding circles, the northern flicker has a unique claim to fame: It’s the only woodpecker that does most of its feeding on the ground when ants and other insects are available.

As the sparkling, golden days of October pass, so do migrating birds winging their way south to warmer wintering grounds. Our feeders are back up swaying in the cool breeze. Down from higheraltitude ...