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Hairy Woodpecker

Dryobates villosus

Description:

Contrastingly black and white. The black wings are checkered with white; the head has two white stripes (and, in males, a flash of red toward the back of the head). A large white patch runs down the center of the black back.

Habitat:

Mixed woods next to a lake.

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Greg Shchepanek
Spotted by
Greg Shchepanek

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Spotted on Nov 7, 2015
Submitted on Nov 10, 2015

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