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Hairy Woodpecker

Picoides villosus

Photo by Rita Doucette
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Hairy Woodpecker

Picoides villosus

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Comments (6)
Sam5
Could also be a downy woodpecker. They have a shorter beak than the hairy. The shorter bill in this photo could just be the angle of the head
alicelongmartin
Ashish, I think you put it on the wrong picture. This is a Woodpecker, likely a Hairy.
Ashish
Alice can it be white crowned sparrow...?
Rita Doucette
Apotted around the lake in my backyard... My location messed up on iphone just gave me a black map!

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