Woodpeckers

Jackhammer

It is that time of the year where you can hear the loud noise of woodpeckers drilling holes in trees. I kept hearing an especially loud one and just assumed it was my large red-bellied woodpecker since it was so loud. Wrong. It was a tiny female downy woodpecker making all that noise.
Female Downy Woodpecker (picoides pubescens)

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