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Hairy woodpecker

Picoides villosus

Photo by shebebusynow
Published on Project Noah
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42.1973, -122.715

Field Notes

Description:

Medium-sized woodpecker traveling head up when on a tree trunk. Red patch on top of the head.

Habitat:

Oak savannah.

Reference Links:

Hairy woodpecker

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
KathleenMcEachern
Hi! this is a juvenile Hairy Woodpecker with the red on the top of its head like this. The male adult Hairy has the red dash on the "hindcrown" or just behind that white streak above the eye. Nice spotting!

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The Pacific Northwest Bioregion
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PublishedSeptember 5, 2014

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