2 responses to “Is this a harry or downy wood pecker?”

1. Mary Spradling says:

   September 21, 2018 at 3:45 pm

   The best way to tell them apart is by their bill. If the bill is longer than the diameter of the birds head it is likely to be a hairy. A smaller bill is more likely to be a downy. The heavy bill of the hairy is more diagnostic than the size of the bird, although hairies tend to be larger. When you only see them one at a time, then larger bird, or smaller mean lacks meaning.

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2. Micah says:

   September 26, 2018 at 12:12 pm

   Ok thank you I looked it up and that was the first thing I read.

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