Bird Identification: Type of bird please?, 1 by WiccanMommy

WiccanMommy wrote:
So sorry for the photo as well as the lighting. The color is more vibrant.
Yesterday, I arrived home from walking to get my kids from the bus after school. In the 10 minutes I was gone, I had a birds wing on my door step when I returned. Today after dropping my kids off at the bus this morning, I had another (the opposite side) wing on my door step. The wings are the size of my hand from tip of my middle finger to my wrist. The big one is from this morning. Where the feathers are curled is where it was slightly frozen to my door step (2 inches away from my actual door).
From what I can tell from google, this is a northern flicker, probably yellow shafted but definitely some orange in it in person, but I wanted to be sure as this took me completely off guard. I have no stray cats in this area, one in 7 years and he passed away this summer. No tearing, no teeth or claw marks and looks like an even break at the base of the wing.
Any idea what could've happened here?

I'm located in Prince George BC, Canada.

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