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Field Notes

Description:

Black and white Woodpecker seen in Naples Florida

Habitat:

Wooded area/backyard in a gated community. They prefer pecking around our huge Oak trees. They stay for a few hours and then I don't see them until they returned a few months later. I see a male and female (not sure which is which 😎)

Notes:

Thanks ;)

Species ID Suggestions

Hairy Woodpecker

Picoides villosus

Reference Link
larkinpb
1

Downy Woodpecker

Picoides pubescens
Jellis
1

Comments (6)
Jellis
The best way is the length of the bill. If the bill is almost as long as the width of the head then it is a Hairy. If it is shorter almost half than it is a Downy
live2shell
hmmmm one vote for Hairy and one vote for Downy :)
Jellis
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Downy_Woodpecker/id
Jellis
Males have a red patch on the back of the head and females don't.
Jellis
I am think more like Downy as I don't see any reports of Hairy in your region.
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PublishedAugust 20, 2017

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