Birds Identified: Downy Woodpecker

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Downy Woodpecker has these characteristics:

• Hopping or climbing
  
• Smaller than robin
  
• Mostly black and white, or other dark color and white
  
• Red present
  
• Cross barring
  
• Underparts plain
  
• Bold markings present (patches or blotches of black, white, or color)
  
• Head stripes or bands
  
• Crown patch
  
• Tail stripes (along)
  
• North summer (June through August)
  
• North winter (November through February)
  
• South summer (June through August)
  
• South winter (November through February)
  
• Wood habitat
  
• Perched high (generally above middle of trees when perched or foraging)
  
• Perched low (generally below middle of trees when perched or foraging)
  
• Bounding flight
  
• Staccato and twitter call (short sharp notes or rapid series of notes: tinkling, trilling, sputtering, or percussive)
  

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