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Downy Woodpecker

Picoides pubescens

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Notes:

I cannot confirm that this individual is the same one that has visited my suet feeder in the past, but I have noticed a downy woodpecker visits the feeder about 30 minutes after dawn and 30 minutes before sundown--rarely at other points during the day. In past years, a downy was a regular visiter between autumn and spring, but this season he has visited only recently.
Video: http://youtu.be/6WMXNFh8eM0

Reference Links:

Downy Woodpecker, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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