A male Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
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Female Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
February 23, 2012 — DebbieThis Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker is checking her holes in our Maple tree for sap. If you look closely you can see some of her many rows of holes.
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Here she is checking one of them:
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Something I think is really interesting is how different these birds look when they stretch themselves out. You’ll notice in the photos above that she has a short almost fat, squatty look to her. But the photo below is the very same bird, taken about 30 seconds later, as she moved her way around the tree.
You can’t help but notice the big difference in how elongated she appears. I think that’s interesting how their appearance can change so much depending on what position they are in. They also are extremely well camouflaged, blending in perfectly with the local tree bark.
Downy Woodpecker on Suet
January 15, 2012 — DebbieThis little Downy Woodpecker is a regular visitor to my suet feeder.
Downy Woodpecker
April 1, 2010 — DebbieHere’s the Downy Woodpecker, note the shorter and sharper beak.
And they are slightly smaller in body size than the Hairy Woodpecker (posted below).
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Hairy Woodpecker
April 1, 2010 — DebbieOf course this Hairy Woodpecker had to move out of a clear line of sight the moment I got my camera. They seem to be so much harder to photograph than the Downy Woodpeckers. I have a Downy post coming next. But here’s the Hairy. Note the larger body size and longer beak.
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Hairy Woodpecker
January 10, 2010 — DebbieOk admittedly I am not very good at distinguishing the Downy Woodpecker from the Hairy Woodpecker. BUT I am SURE this is a Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus). See how big it’s beak is. It’s entire body appears bigger than the Downy I typically see.
(The blurry white spots are falling snowflakes.)
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Red-Bellied Woodpecker
December 8, 2009 — DebbieThis is a Red-Bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus). This isn’t the best photograph. It was taken in the rain. But normally you get photos of them from the side and rarely get a shot of them straight behind. So I thought I would include it because it is nice to see the feather pattern from behind.
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