A downy woodpecker is a small black and white bird that visits suet feeders. Listen to their call and see photos of males and females.

The ducks will find them particularly attractive because the Pileated Woodpeckers like to nest near water. Today’s photo shows an adult female Pileated Woodpecker perched on one of the dead pine ...

Adult female: red on the head is limited to nasal ... Compare with the golden-fronted woodpecker, which has solid black central rectrices, lacks pink or red on the belly, and has a different ...

Acorn woodpeckers also feed by sallying for flying ... Adult male has white forehead meeting the red crown. The adult female is similar, but the white forehead is separated from the red crown ...