Month: April 2026

• Flicker Excavates A Home

  

  A flicker in the neighborhood spent a lot of time excavating a hole in a maple tree. And then …

  Amy Law

  April 27, 2026

  Colorado Mileposts, Science Geek Blog

  Colorado birds, Colorado nature, Northern flicker, red-shafted flicker, squirrel

• Flower-Eaters

  

  I have noticed something recently — birds seem to be eating flowers. Not just the nectar, or the pollen, or the fruit, but the actual petals. I don’t know if I never noticed this before, or if the behavior is due to the extremely dry winter that we’ve had. The first bird with a flower…

  Amy Law

  April 4, 2026

  Colorado Mileposts, Science Geek Blog

  Colorado nature, crow, flowers, goldfinch, House finch