An individual Northern Flicker has joined us in Missouri just a week ago. He was drilling into the metal chimney vent searching for a mate and claiming his territory. The sound was definitely loud enough to have made us leave the unbearable sounds indoors! We have multiple Woodpeckers who stay the winter but I was happy to welcome this fellow. He awkwardly feeds on the insects of our lawn. I am thankful to have stopped our lawn service from using insecticides the last few years. We live along the woods but in a primarily suburban area. We are fortunate to live along a preserved wooded corridor. We are currently going through 8 pounds of seed every day and a half. He is among the first to return after migration. The Flicker stays for hours and is so interesting to watch. I am eagerly awaiting as he is for his mate to arrive. We have many walnut trees that line the previous farm and ancient Orange Osage trees with many sturdy but hollow branches for the Woodpeckers to nest. I have not gotten quite as close as you except when he “beckons” me outdoors. 🤫 I never send him away but pull up a chair to watch his daily activities and listen from outside his drilling to let everyone know he has arrived! Thank you for the video. I look forward to looking for you again.

So we are on Long Island, NY.... My Brother made my Sister and her husband a really nice Screech Owl Box....... But A Northern Flicker Got to it first which is great cause It's my Bro-in-law's favorite bird. We sit on the deck and wait for it to come home in the evening..... Beautiful!!

These birds aren’t common in my neighbourhood but I saw one today and my life will never be the same🤩😂. Seeing the flicker of gold on its wings is a testament to Gods magnificence!. No camera would ever capture the brilliance of the bird. You just have to see it in person. This is my new favourite bird. Thanks for documentary 😃

Thank you for the video and all the information you gathered together to share with us!

I witnessed two birds in my backyard this morning just eating their little hearts out, lol. I’ve never seen them before, googled images and videos and came across this one. This is exactly what they were! I live in Michigan.

I love looking out for northern flickers on my walks in Vancouver, Canada. Almost always on the ground scrounging up dem ants!

Living in the foothills of the Sandia mountains(Near Albuquerque )these magnificent birds frequent my feeder daily.Learned a lot more interesting facts,after viewing your video.Thank you for posting !

Beautiful birds, one of my favorites along with the kingfisher, osprey and oriole. The female flicker does not have the black mark below the eye.

I love his polka dots!!! Great color scheme!

@BirdsandGhibliFan

3 жыл бұрын

Me, too! I also love their handlebar mustache-like black markings.

I just saw one of these in my front yard in Oregon… but it was red under it’s wings when it flew off and red on the tip of its tail. I’ve never seen one before. We’re out in the country and have always had a lot of fun and interesting birds but this one is a first. Currently we’re in the middle of a bluebird nest building frenzy, they’re all over the place and fly into our windows all day long! It’s definitely a busy bird time around here.

i'm in the burbs of Denver, CO and our neighborhood has a family of flickers :) their call is so pretty, and I loved that I learned new info about their feeding habits in your video. Thank you for this!

Love your mini documentaries!! 😀👏 You do such a great job, so thorough for adults & children alike!! Thank you!! 🙌🐦 Merry Christmas to you & yours!🎄

Thank you for the information about this bird, I live in Edmonton, AB, Canada. Your home is beautiful and all the wildness of nature so I enjoy all your videos!

This video is a nice coincidence. Since I was actually reading about the Northern flicker bird a few days ago.Quite a few facts in this video I did not read about so thanks

Glad to find this informational video. A family of pileateds cleared out of a new nest cavity about a week ago next to my patio, and suddenly I’ve had all kinds of what I thought was pillie noise back at the cavity. Today I got my binocs on it and there’s a flicker! It’s very noisy, wondering if it’s going to nest there. Haven’t been able to see if it has a mustache or not. I have only had one very occasionally around my suet feeders, and since I’m. Omlonger feeding suet for the season, hadn’t seen it for a while. But interesting you said they like aspens, because that’s the kind of tree this cavity is in. Thanks for the info!

I just seen my first northern flicker while bird watching and I was so shocked and confused because I've never seen one before I only found out what it was just now while searching for answers its so gorgeous

@chloethemessenger

3 жыл бұрын

They really are 🥰😍

This is really neat, I didn't know anything about them. So beautiful!!! And interesting! Thanks for the informative narration

@MyBackyardBirding

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! There is a treasure trove of older videos going back years. BB

I have a pair. They love fruit and nut mixture.

They are so beautiful and thank you so much for your awesome bird videos..! Superb..

@MyBackyardBirding

3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks - good to hear from you! BB

I wish i lived there,all these wonderful birds and animals.he is gorgeous i have never seen a bird like him.thank you for such knowledge.also wishing you a very Merry Christmas ❤️🎄🦅🦉🐧

@MyBackyardBirding

3 жыл бұрын

Many many thanks and Merry Christmas! BB

I enjoyed seeing this gorgeous little guy and I never knew there was a ant eating woodpecker. Your narrative was full of detailed information, so wonderful. Thank you.😄 for sharing. Merry Christmas to you and yours ❤

@MyBackyardBirding

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it - Merry Christmas to you as well! BB

Wow! I didn’t know that Northern Flickers are the most widespread woodpecker species in North America. I thought it was Downy Woodpeckers. Interesting. I also loved the facts that you gave, like 5,000 ants being found in a Northern Flicker’s stomach, their geographic region (it’s amazing that they’re found as far south as Nicaragua and Cuba), and how their salivary glands in their tongues release a sticky substance to trap the ants. Very cool! By the way, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, BB! 🎄🎅🎁🎆🎊🕊

@MyBackyardBirding

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks - and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours. BB

@BirdsandGhibliFan

3 жыл бұрын

@@MyBackyardBirding My pleasure! 😉☺️ 😇 I think Northern Flickers are my favorite species of woodpecker, with the Pileated Woodpecker second, Red-Bellied Woodpecker third, and the Downy Woodpecker fourth.

Unique 🐦.Thank you for sharing.

I’m so glad you did a video on the flicker! They’re gorgeous and such adorable birds 🥰🥰🥰. We don’t get them where I live and I find them so interesting, so I was pretty happy to see a video was uploaded today about them. Thanks for sharing!! 😊

@BirdsandGhibliFan

3 жыл бұрын

You and me both! The only time I got close to seeing a Northern Flicker is seeing two of them perch on my front doorstep back in early March of this year, and one other time while walking my now-deceased dog in a field behind a playground. They’ve always fascinated me as being unique among the other woodpeckers in its foraging behavior.

@MyBackyardBirding

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that! BB

Great! Learned a lot 💓😜

@MyBackyardBirding

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!! BB

Lovely footage of the Northern flicker Friend! Thank you for sharing the video with us! Merry Christmas to you and your family!💖👌👍😎JP

@MyBackyardBirding

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! You too! BB

@IEnjoyCreatingVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Your very welcome BB! Have a awesome week!🎄🎁😎

Awesome footage and Info, like it Sir, stay up and Happy holidays my friend 🤝

@MyBackyardBirding

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, you too! BB

Very interesting, great documentary! I learned a lot, thank you. They are beautiful woodpeckers.

Beautiful bird thanks for sharing and thanks for the info on him hes super cool..glad I found this channel I love BIRDS and I'm a bird watcher myself

@MyBackyardBirding

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks and welcome to the Backyard! BB

We have one in our yard! Such cool birds

@otismurphy4428

3 жыл бұрын

We currently have a pair of these beautiful birds in our yard they have spent most of the winter on or near our bird seed covered deck, gorgeous to watch.

About ten years ago, we had what I believed to be a nesting pair that would stop by the old telephone pole near my place and hang out for a few weeks in the spring and in the fall. Not sure where they went for the rest of the year, but it happened for about 5 years. until we moved.

I just saw my first Northern Flicker Male yesterday. Had no idea what kind of bird it was. I’ve watched other videos by you so I looked to see what you had and here is a Flicker. Great video. I subscribed and added the bell

@MyBackyardBirding

3 жыл бұрын

That is awesome! Welcome to the Backyard. BB

thanks for the video.

I really enjoyed your video. I have never seen this bird, but happy to learn about it. Thank you again, from Indiana.

@MyBackyardBirding

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! BB

@MyBackyardBirding I go enjoy watching an Indian Hen on my place for about thirty minutes. He was about a foot tall! I really need to invest in a quality motion/zoom camera.

Help me. I live in Georgia and I just found 3 northern flickers in my backyard

@Fred_NaughT

11 ай бұрын

You are lucky then 😁 they are absolutely beautiful and fun to watch !

Hey say it straight it's a Peckerwood.