Yellowhammer: the State Bird of Alabama

The Yellowhammer is one of the most common woodpeckers in the US, but it holds a special place in the heart of the South.  In 1927, it became the official State Bird of Alabama, often attributed to a story about a Civil War company from Huntsville that arrived at a battlefield with clean uniforms that had yellow cloth at the sleeves and coattails. https://wildsouth.org/yellowhammer/