These are woodpeckers, but in many instances ... they were lumped into one species, the Northern flicker. Previously the two were known as the red-shafted flicker and the yellow-shafted flicker.

While studying some of the birds feeding in my backyard, I saw a small woodpecker that acted and looked like a Downy. The ...

Enjoy the urban presence of this speckled and uniquely-tinted woodpecker, whose secret to good hygiene is ant acid ...