A few days before finding these feathers from a flicker (woodpecker), I saw a red tailed hawk swoop down and try to snatch one that was foraging on the ground. That one got away. Presumably this one didn’t. And no I did not keep them.
Photography and Observations of a Northern Flicker (Yellow-Shafted) Nest – A Thousand Acres of Silphiums
Yellow shafted northern flicker tail feather (Scott found)
Northern Flicker – Pajarito Environmental Education Center
Birding: Northern flickers wear coats of different colors, Life
Bird of The Week: Northern Flicker – Kern Audubon Society
Yellow-shafted Flicker
Photography and Observations of a Northern Flicker (Yellow-Shafted) Nest – A Thousand Acres of Silphiums
QUIZ ANSWER. The tail - Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Northern Flicker Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Northern Flicker Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Northern Flicker — Eastside Audubon Society
Backyard Birds: Healthy Home Habitats for Northern Flickers
Northern Flicker - Intergrade, This flicker has the facial …