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Downy Woodpecker

Pocoides pubescens

Photo by Ivy
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Field Notes

Description:

Small, most common woodpecker of N. America. Males have the red nape patch.

Habitat:

Open woodlands, parks, urban areas, and in this case...a suburban suet feeder.

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