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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Eric Haines,
erich@acm.org