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pounding is driven by powerful neck muscles.
Legs are short and strong, and there are two toes in front and two behind. This physical feature is termed “zygodactyl” by ornithologists; an impressive term. Zygotactyl toes are an excellent arrangement for clinging to tree trunks. Non-woodpeckers, such as robins and cardinals, also have four toes, but they are arranged with three in front and one behind. This works well for perching cross-wise on a limb or hopping on the ground.
Flickers also eat insects that they dig out of tree trunks like other woodpeckers. Remarkable hearing enables them to detect the larva or beetle moving around within the tree trunk or limb and know exactly where to drill for a meal.
Fruits and berries of all kinds also make up a large part of the flickers’ diet (when they are not feasting on ants, that is). Dogwood, pokeberry, viburnum, and sourgum berries are eaten in large quantities, along with mulberries, blackberries, blue
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