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Downy Woodpecker

Picoides pubescens

Description:

The active little Downy Woodpecker is a familiar sight at backyard feeders and in parks and woodlots, where it joins flocks of chickadees and nuthatches, barely outsizing them. An often acrobatic forager, this black-and-white woodpecker is at home on tiny branches or balancing on slender plants.

Habitat:

This one is going between the small Redbud tree and Hackberries. Hopping up each brach while it foraged. In winter, especially, Downy Woodpeckers can often be found in suburban backyards with trees and will feed on suet at birdfeeders.

Notes:

Adult Downy Woodpeckers are the smallest of North America's woodpeckers. Downy Woodpeckers forage on trees, picking the bark surface in summer and digging deeper in winter. They mainly eat insects, also seeds and berries.

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gatorfellows
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gatorfellows

Denton, Texas, USA

Spotted on Sep 9, 2012
Submitted on Sep 14, 2012

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