Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens
 (L 6.75" WS 12" Wt 0.95 oz)
Small bill
Conspicuous
tuft
Smallest and most common U.S. wood-
pecker... mostly permanent residents.
Oak Park
Yard bird
7May2007
Starved Rock
State Park, IL
13Feb2011
Lake Catherine
Palos Heights, IL
3Mar2010
female
Morton Arboretum, IL
9Dec2010
Dark bars