Hairy Woodpecker
“More shy but twice as big as their cousin the Downey, Hairy Woodpeckers are residents across our woodlands.”
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As for woodpeckers, I counted six Hairy woodpeckers, nine Downey woodpeckers, two Red-bellied Woodpeckers and one Pileated Woodpecker in our yard on the same day.
One juvenile Red bellied Woodpecker also is a regular and a handful of first year Hairy Woodpeckers as well.
I have also heard territorial calls from Red-bellied, Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers.
Sapsuckers are slightly smaller than Hairy Woodpeckers but noticeably larger than a Downy Woodpecker.
On the morning of July 3 five fledgling Baltimore Orioles and a Red-breasted Nuthatch managed to find room on our suet cage and were surrounded by an entourage of crying young - in particular, Red-bellied and Hairy Woodpeckers, Blue Jays and Tufted Titmice.
More shy but twice as big as their cousin the Downey, Hairy Woodpeckers are residents across our woodlands.