Downy Woodpecker

Description:

The combination of small size, white back and small stubby bill distinguishes this common woodpecker. The female differs from the males in that it lacks the occipital red patch.

Habitat:

Widespread and common... found across most the US continent, from coast to coast, north and south. Can be found anywhere there are trees.

Notes:

This little guy was pounding away at the big dead tree out back. Being on the 3rd floor of an old house, I have a great view of the many woodpeckers (or other birds) that decide to perch in that old tree. SOURCE: Smithsonian Handbooks: Birds of New England (Fred J. Alsop III)