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Male Downy Woodpecker putting on a display

04 Feb 2012 235
On January 28th, I watched two male Downy Woodpeckers chasing each other and putting on quite a display. I thought they must be wrongly thinking that spring is here (with all our mild weather), and then I realized that they were both males. Not the greatest photo, but I liked the way the tail feathers were slightly fanned, revealing the black spots. Photographed at Carburn Park.