Today, on a walk around my neighborhood, I saw many cardinals (finches), a northern flicker (woodpecker), and some juvenile starlings, which I had to look up in Merlin since they were starling-shaped and sounded like starlings but were a plain grey rather than iridescent and speckled like adults!
I agree! The Northern Flicker is one I have been searching for since last year, and one just happened to be right in front of me on a walk today! It wasn't until it took off flying and I saw its yellow wings that I realized I finally got to see a Flicker :)