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Downy Woodpecker

Picoides pubescens

Description:

Downy Woodpeckers are small versions of the classic woodpecker body plan. They have a straight, chisel-like bill, blocky head, wide shoulders, and straight-backed posture as they lean away from tree limbs and onto their tail feathers. The bill tends to look smaller for the bird’s size than in other woodpeckersAn often acrobatic forager, this black-and-white woodpecker is at home on tiny branches or balancing on slender plant galls, sycamore seed balls, and suet feeders

Notes:

Male

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1 Comment

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Again, well-done!

KathleenHennick
Spotted by
KathleenHennick

Wisconsin, USA

Spotted on Apr 10, 2011
Submitted on Jul 16, 2011

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