Fact-checked by Kenn Kaufman, field editor, Audubon magazine. Spotting a red bird in the wild can be both a delight and a surprise—I didn't know we had birds that looked like that! In fact, North ...

One-time Real Housewife and Donald J. Trump appointee Siggy Flicker is selling her “renovated from the dunes up” Hamptons home for $11.6 million, preferring a place closer to the president, The Post ...

WOW! This male Northern Flicker is just SLURPING up the fine sunflower chips! Northern Flickers slurp their food as opposed to other birds cracking open the hard shells. They lay their eggs late May ...

I consider myself fortunate to talk to so many friends, readers, and bird feed customers about birds. People have all sorts of good questions and like to share their bird encounters and photos with me ...

Animal mating rituals are some of the strangest and most extreme behaviors in nature, ranging from giant snake mating balls and explosive bird dances to violent reproductive battles that can ...

The idea that aging is a steady, predictable process is being challenged by a new book, which describes a so-called "flicker stage" where some aspects of aging may briefly reverse. Stuart Kaplan and ...

Gardeners and homeowners will appreciate this one of our woodpecker facts. Don't worry about these birds damaging your trees. The birds prefer dead or dying trees because the trees are insect magnets.

Richard Thomas of Lincoln Township submitted photographs of two male northern flickers, taken March 30, on a silver maple tree in his yard. The male flickers appeared to be having a dispute over ...

Birds are paragons of a natural phenomenon that we see every spring. In many species, males become more colorful, displaying brighter, more eye-catching plumage for a single purpose: to attract ...

Male red-winged blackbirds demand to be noticed. With their loud, proud calls and studly physical displays, they proclaim, “Look at me!” If you haven’t noticed them so far this year, you soon will.