This Northern Flicker visited our suet feeder Friday afternoon, then hopped onto the tree to poke beneath bark edges. It was, I assume, looking for insects or insect eggs. This is behavior I've not seen before. This woodpecker feeds on ants when ants are in season.
Flicker hunts beneath tree bark
Unusual behavior for this species
February 13, 2016 at 8:56PM
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It’s too soon to tell how much the immigration crackdown is to blame.