There is a third sub-species called a “gilded” flicker that lives in southern California and Mexico. It does not usually show up in the northern United States. They are described as “having ...
they were lumped into one species, the Northern flicker. Previously the two were known as the red-shafted flicker and the yellow-shafted flicker. The red-shafted is the bird more commonly seen ...
In her watercolor triptych, Rosalie Haizlett celebrates the vibrant colors and details found in the feathers of common—and ...