-
Welcome to BirdForum, the internet's largest birding community with thousands of members from all over the world. The forums are dedicated to wild birds, birding, binoculars and equipment and all that goes with it.
Please register for an account to take part in the discussions in the forum, post your pictures in the gallery and more.
Hairy or downy woodpecker (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter simongodfrey
- Start date
The Bird Nuts
Birding Duo
The second bird is a Downy with that short beak. Any other shots of the first bird?
Nutcracker
Stop Brexit!
Tiddly little bills on both, so I'd go for Downy Woodpecker on both. But perhaps the 1st should be called a Dairy Woodpecker.
tom baxter
Well-known member
This is not wrong, but looking closely I do see black dots and otherwise it looks more like a downy than hairy. I have the advantage of being on a mobile device that allows me to easily zoom on the picture. Black dots on the outter tail feathers = downy but not seeing black dots does not necessarily = hairy. This is a great example of how hard they can be to see especially in photos.
Jeff Hopkins
Just another...observer
Downy for me.
Myself, I am not sure that the single pixel of black on the outer tail feather visible in the first picture should be identified as one of the black bars usually seen on a Downy Woodpecker in eastern North America, but I think the large tuft of feathers at the base of the bill does favor Downy. The very small bill on the second bird certainly indicates Downy.
Birdbrain22
Well-known member
Agree.. both Downys here.
Similar threads
