Woodpecker Sighting (and hearing)
Woodpecker, originally uploaded by edkohler.
This guy was making a racket down in the gorge along W River Rd near 27th St E. He’s been gorging on that branch for some time now from the look of it.
Woodpecker, originally uploaded by edkohler.
This guy was making a racket down in the gorge along W River Rd near 27th St E. He’s been gorging on that branch for some time now from the look of it.
March 28th, 2007 at 6:14 am
Looks like you may have caught a Hairy Woodpecker in action. It appears to be a female.
March 28th, 2007 at 11:29 am
Or is it a female Downy?
March 28th, 2007 at 9:17 pm
It looks like it has a longer beak, which is why I thought it was Hairy and not Downy.
March 29th, 2007 at 8:30 am
Good call, I was trying to judge by the plummage, if only we had a better shot of his head…Deets?
March 29th, 2007 at 8:50 am
Here’s a link to the photos I took of the woodpecker. Click the “All Sizes” link to zoom in. I went past optical zoom on a few of them, which leads to some strange colors, but maybe they’re good enough to settle this debate?