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Downy Woodpecker

Picoides pubescens

Description:

White undersides and back. Black and white bars on wings. Tail feathers white with black bars that show up as spots. Black stripe from bill over crown and down back of neck. Another bold black stripe across eye and and one down the neck from face. Similar to the Hairy Woodpecker with some differences. Downy is smaller in size and shorter bill.

Habitat:

Woodland areas. This bird preferred Eucalyptus.

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4 Comments

Jellis
Jellis 10 years ago

Maybe when I viewed it, it fixed it. And now I added info

A few seconds after I commented, it showed up on the news feed. It was weird!

Jellis
Jellis 10 years ago

Odd on my end it shows up as normal. I'll try again.

Jellis, this spotting is showing up as "Draft". Please edit then re-save. It should fix the problem. If you uploaded another spotting of this, just delete this one.

Jellis
Spotted by
Jellis

Richmond, California, USA

Spotted on Oct 6, 2013
Submitted on Oct 7, 2013

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