The barred black-and-white back pattern of the ladder-backed woodpecker extends up to the ... has a plain gray-brown head and breast (with small red cap in males) and very different calls; shows ...

Attracting a hairy woodpecker to your yard can ... The female lacks the red patch on the back of its head. An immature hairy may show some brown in its feathers. On a very young bird, look for ...

Check out more woodpecker species birders should know. Males and females can be told apart by a red marking on the back of the male’s head. Downy woodpeckers form pairs very early in the season.

So I filled out the paperwork for a sick day and then went back to bed. Later that morning ... Foremost among the possible species were the Brown Creeper (Certhia americana), which builds nests ...