We have Downy Woodpeckers in Utah, but they’re hard to find. I’ve seen them in the spring and I saw one randomly on a telephone poll before a University of Utah football game, but in general I only see them a couple times of year.
This is very obviously a male as indicated by the red head.
In South Carolina Downy Woodpeckers were very common. Here’s a female.
The abundance of woodpeckers in SC is great because I was able to hold out for some nice, close pictures instead of simply taking a confirming shot. You can even see her brown eyes in this one:
I like this picture because she blends so well with the tree.
One other thing that we don’t have a lot of in Utah is buildings with skull roofs.
That’s right, a skull roof.
As a vegetarian I can’t imagine killing all these beautiful animals. But to each his own I guess.
Beautiful photos of the Downy; I find woodpeckers to generally be unwilling models.
The skull roof well……what the hell is going on?! It’s creepy – these people need a better past time than shooting animals.
It takes a lot of woodpecker spotting to get enough pictures for a post.