Winter regular at the suet feeder
A male Downy Woodpecker makes a regular stop in Colfax to load up on fuel to offset the cold temperatures of winter. The visitor normally makes an exit stop on the upper tree limbs to clean suet off its beak before flying off to its next stop. Downy Woodpeckers are not much larger than chickadees and nuthatches and often mix with them. The red top appears on the male Downy. The Downy is often confused with the Hairy Woodpecker which has the same marking but is larger.
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