Wednesday 4 August 2021

WW: Hairy woodpecker


(Dryobates villosus.)

Appearing also on My Corner of the World.

4 comments:

  1. I've seen three woodpeckers---Pileated, Downy, and Red-Bellied---over the last year, but I've never seen this one.

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  2. He don't look hairy he looks like the ones we get flying around here.

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  3. I think they're called that because their stringy feathers remind some people of hair. There's a closely-related species in the same genus called a downy woodpecker - same deal, small whispy feathers.

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  4. I've always been fascinated by woodpeckers, but have never actually seen one. Yours is lovely :)

    Thanks for sharing your link at My Corner of the World this week!

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