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tamsea

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I'm new at birding. Have had male and female downy woodpeckers in my backyard. But have a new one coming. It looks like a downy but has a rusty/brown cap on top of its head. (just on top) It could be a brownish/red color instead.
This isn't a downy is it? It looks kind of like a female yellow-bellied sapsucker but ....it looks like its chest is white. Any ideas??
I'm live in Northern Ohio.
 
Juvenile Downies have a reddish crown patch (forehead patch). could this be what you're talking about?
 
Thank you so much. That makes sense. I have one small bird book and it didn't list that as an identification mark of juveniles.
 
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