Little bird thread...your mission Mr Phelps

[fishing4sanity]

I posted this Grey Jay yesterday in another thread, but he was so friendly I'll put him here as well.

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

My other half cut our honeysuckle back in the fall but left the old growth to dry in the lattice. It makes it easier to remove in the early spring/late winter. The birds also love using it for cover when it's cold like today : low teens.

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

Female Woodpecker ( either Hairy or Downy, jury is still out lol )

 

[BrentC]

Female Hairy Woodpecker

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Downy woodpecker. Small and short beak.

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

It has a large white stripe down it's back though. Isn't that a Hairy?

 

[BrentC]

It has a large white stripe down it's back though. Isn't that a Hairy?

They both do. The three ways to tell are beak size (downy smaller), spotted tail (Downy) and overall size with a Hairy being ~1.5x the size of downy.

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

Ahhh, Thanks!

 

[ZombiesniperJr]

Female Hairy Woodpecker

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you got another shot with the head at a different angle? bill looks longer then what a downy's bill would be.

 

[BrentC]

Female Hairy Woodpecker

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you got another shot with the head at a different angle? bill looks longer then what a downy's bill would be.

I don't know but it doesn't look any bigger than this one.

Downy woodpecker by Brent Cameron, on Flickr

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

Female Hairy Woodpecker

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you got another shot with the head at a different angle? bill looks longer then what a downy's bill would be.

No, sorry. I deleted all the others after I posted that one.

 

[PJcam]

This is a great thread.

 

[rodbender]

Dark Eyed Junco

 

[Dean_Gretsch]

The lighting and background are perfect in that RB.

 

[rodbender]

The lighting and background are perfect in that RB.

Thanks

 

[zombiesniper]

Snow Bunting by Trevor Baldwin, on Flickr