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Downy Woodpecker

Picoides pubescens

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Field Notes

Description:

small woodpecker; black above & white below with checkered black and white wings; this one is female with no red spot on the head about 14 cm long

Habitat:

urban yard; frequent visitor to the suet feeder

Reference Links:

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

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