RHH's photos with the keyword: downy woodpecker

This male Downy Woodpecker can be told from the female by the red "cap" and can be distinguished from its look-alike, the Hairy Woodpecker by its short bill and small size. It is the smallest North American Woodpecker and is about the size of a Goldfinch.

The Downy Woodpecker is the smallest North American Woodpecker and its small size and shorter bill distinguish it from its look-alike, the Hairy Woodpecker.

A few days ago I posted photos of a Hairy Woodpecker which looks very similar to this Downy Woodpecker. If compared, however, there are some obvious differences, the size (not evident in the photos) and the much shorter bill. The Downy Woodpecker is the smallest Woodpecker in North America and is not much larger than a small finch. It is half the size of a Hairy Woodpecker and is very common all across the continent. This is the male. The female does not have the red "cap".

This is our smallest Woodpecker. They come regularly to our suet feeders and this one has bit off a bit more than he can chew. I say, "he," because this is clearly the male of the species. The female lacks the red cap.

This is a male Downy Woodpecker, the smallest North American Woodpecker and a common bird at our feeders.

This is a male Downy Woodpecker on the rails of our back porch. He and the Mrs. come regularly to our feeders.

These small woodpeckers have been regular visitors at our suet feeders. This is the male. The female, shown in one of the insets, lacks the red spot on the crown.

This is a male Downy Woodpecker, the smallest of our native woodpeckers. The female, who otherwise looks just like this, lacks the red spot on her crown.

This is a female Downy Woodpecker, the smallest of our native woodpeckers. Her lack of coloring on the back of her head identifies her as a female. She is perched on one of the railings of our back porch.

This is the female. The male has a small red "cap" at the back of his head. Photographed in a neighbor's garden.

The Downy Woodpecker, Dendrocopos pubescens, is our smallest woodpecker, under six inches (15 cm). The male has a small red spot on the back of the head, which is lacking in the female. This was photographed in a neighbor's garden.

Taken in a neighbor's yard where a pair of Downy Woodpeckers (Dendrocopus pubescens) have been nesting and feeding. This is the male, identified by the red patch on his neck. He is much shyer than the female and much harder to photograph.

Dendrocopos pubescens