Subspecies

FoPD: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/fortuna/2024/dec/22/#incident-997267">MEDICAL AID &#8212; 2700 Block of CAMPTON HEIGHTS DR 7:45 p.m.
HCSO: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/sheriff/2024/dec/22/#incident-997278">Patrol Check &#8212; 2300 Block of STATE HWY 96 7:08 p.m.
OUTAGE: Power Outage in Westhaven; 111 Customers Affected 7:02 p.m.
HCSO: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/sheriff/2024/dec/22/#incident-997277">Unwanted Subject &#8212; 700 Block of REDWOOD DR 6:39 p.m.
HCSO: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/sheriff/2024/dec/22/#incident-997273">Patrol Check &#8212; 3000 Block of GLENDALE DR 6:38 p.m.
HCSO: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/sheriff/2024/dec/22/#incident-997270">Custody Dispute &#8212; 700 Block of CEDAR ST 6:34 p.m.
HCSO: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/sheriff/2024/dec/22/#incident-997268">Welfare Check &#8212; 800 Block of 4TH ST 6:22 p.m.

Colaptes auratus cafer (Northern red-shafted flicker)

Colaptes auratus cafer. Photo: (c) Minette Layne, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

The northern flicker (Colaptes auratus) is a medium-sized bird of the woodpecker family. It is native to most of North America, parts of Central America, Cuba, and the Cayman Islands, and is one of the few woodpecker species that migrate. Over 100 common names for the northern flicker are known, including yellowhammer (not to be confused with the Eurasian yellowhammer), clape, gaffer woodpecker, harry-wicket, heigh-ho, wake-up, walk-up, wick-up, yarrup, and gawker bird. Many of these names…