KristieNat
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For awhile I had some Northern Flickers coming to my suet feeders and I loved seeing them. Around the beginning of summer, however, I stopped seeing them. I still see one/hear one occasionally but they aren't coming to my feeders at all anymore. I was just a little concerned because around that same time, European Starlings started taking over the area, feeding their juveniles and being obnoxious and bossy. After taking down the suet feeders for a couple of days, they seemed to move on, but I still haven't seen any Flickers. I know that Starlings sometimes will chase Flickers away from their nesting cavities and that is what worries me. I've considered that maybe the Flickers are probably raising their own broods around this time so maybe they're just preoccupied. However, all my other woodpecker visitors continue to come to the feeder regularly. Does anyone know what may have happened? Have they moved to a different area, maybe?