The Woodpecker in the Wild
This little girl is a Downy Woodpecker, a common sight around here. Much smaller than her cousin, the Red Bellied Woodpecker (also a common sight), I spied this one on a tree in my backyard. A male nearby was foraging at the feeder.
Fun Fact: Lure these fabulous birds to your own backyard with suet in your feeders — they love it!
The Woodpecker in the Wild
24 February 2009
Quiogue, NY
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I have never seen a woodpecker like that before.
ForestWander Nature Photography
February 27, 2009 at 9:31 pm
Are you outside of North America? They are supposed to be very widespread throughout the United States and Canada, but I have not seen them anywhere off of Long Island (admittedly, I have never looked very hard anywhere else).
This is also a very extreme angle to be viewing a woodpecker at. She was a good ways up a tree that I was only five feet or so from.
Al F.
February 27, 2009 at 10:13 pm
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