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Downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)

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Downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)

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Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio

2013:12:07 15:02:33
Downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/1000 sec at F6.3, ISO 320, distance 11.89 m

The downy woodpecker apparently likes the berries too; not all the tasty stuff comes from the husk,

Colonial Park, Somerset, New Jersey

2013:12:03 14:57:57
Downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/1600 sec at F3.2, ISO 400, distance 11.89 m

Around nine o'clock I have to go back to the hotel, but then it is suddenly so busy that I hardly know where to click. First the downy woodpecker, hanging at the bottom of a branch looking for insects,

Village Creek Drying Beds (153 m)

2019:01:21 08:27:24
Downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)
NIKON D500 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/800 sec at F5.6, ISO 320, distance 11.89 m

Hoover Reservoir, Columbus, Ohio

2013:12:08 17:02:56
Downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)
NIKON D7100 with AF-S Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED VR II, 1/1250 sec at F4.5, ISO 250, distance 10.00 m

The downy woodpecker can also be found here. This photo was taken at a boardwalk, with the reservoir on one side and a small wood on the other.

Where I have seen this species

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