![]() ![]() Males have red on the nape in the adult and reddish crowns in immature birds. Underparts are white, although young birds may be dingy white. Also note the small black markings on the white outer tail feathers. Focus on the bill: Downy has a very short bill, much shorter than the length of the head. Black-and-white plumage is nearly identical to the larger Hairy Woodpecker. Includes range map, photos, and songs and calls. Hairy woodpecker adults have black-and-white upperparts, with streaks and spots similar to the downy woodpecker. () Tiny woodpecker, common and widespread across much of North America. Habitat, diet, feeding behavior, nesting, migration, and conservation status of this bird. ![]() Peanut butter can be spread on pine cones or suet logs and hung near the feeder. A platform feeder is ideal for the other seeds and peanut hearts. How Climate Change Will Reshape the Range of the Downy Woodpecker. ![]() Like many woodpeckers, the downy woodpecker prefers suet, but will also eat black oil sunflower seeds, hulled sunflower seeds, peanut hearts, and chunky peanut butter. Legend for the following woodpecker migration and range maps. See a fully interactive migration map for over 450 bird species on the Bird Migration. Habitat: Deciduous and mixed woodlands (favors bottomlands), forest edges, farmyards, orchards, parks, residential areas.ĭiet: Mostly insects, including beetles and their larvae, wood-boring ants, caterpillars, and scale insects spiders some seeds and berries. ![]()
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