Knock, Knock!
August, 6, 2013 - A juvenile Downy Woodpecker flew in and tried to find food.... Read more
Downy Woodpecker
 | I’m the smallest woodpecker, almost identical to the Hairy Woodpecker. I’ll gladly eat suet and seed cakes if you’ll offer them to me. You may not see me much if you live in a neighborhood without mature trees. Most Likely Found: In the treetops When: Year-Round Where I've photographed: Circle B Bar Reserve, Oakland Nature Preserve, Tibet-Butler Nature Preserve Read more: Downy Woodpecker at Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ebird: Downy Woodpecker eBird range |
I have written 6 posts including a photo of a Downy Woodpecker
Frogs and Snakes for Breakfast at the Circle B Bar Reserve
March, 4, 2011 - Caspian Tern On my way back up Marsh Rabbit Run, I (almost literally) ran into a Downy Woodpecker. He was at my shoulder height at the front of a young tree, pecking away at the not-so-dead branches. I haven't seen many Downies at Circle B this winter, and he was…... Read more
Quiet Morning at the Circle B Bar Reserve
September, 11, 2010 - Juvenile Black-Crowned Night Heron A Downy Woodpecker flew in to pose in one of the trees by the lake.... Downy Woodpecker As we made our way back to the parking lot, we started to hear more gnatcatchers, and we passed a group of people who said they had seen Palm…... Read more
Cold Birdwatching at Circle B Bar Reserve
January, 31, 2010 - Tree swallow This downy woodpecker distracted us on Marsh Rabbit Run. Dyeyo really likes woodpeckers and his enthusiasm is catching.... Downy woodpecker The warblers started to come out as we headed back. The light was so bad that I had to pull out my flash. Other photographers kept asking me…... Read more
Bird-watching at Oakland Nature Preserve
January, 13, 2008 - Birds Seen Today - Painted Bunting, Blue-Gray Gnatcatcher, Ruby-Crowned Kinglet, Yellow-Rumped Warbler, Yellow-throated Warbler, Pine Warbler, Palm Warbler, Black and White Warbler, American Kestrel, Red-Shouldered Hawk, Gray Catbird, Downy Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Eastern Pheobe, Osprey, Blue Jay, Cardinal, Red-Wing Blackbird Red-Shouldered Hawk Great Blue Heron Yellow-Rumped Warbler Yellow-Throated Warbler Downy…... Read more
Bird-watching at Tibet Butler Preserve
March, 17, 2007 - Downy Woodpecker Northern Parula Juvenal's Duskywing Spicebush Swallowtail... Read more