Steve, you probably know this, but if you only see the tail, the downy has
black stripes in the outer tail feathers and the hairy doesn’t. You can see
that in your pictures. Nice shots.
Steve K
Hart
From: birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On ;
Behalf Of Stephen Tyson
Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 7:41 PM
To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [birdky] Downy & Hairy Woodpecker
A very reasonable person asked if I couldn’t put the two photos (that I posted
last weekend) side by side. I’m not that talented...but know someone that is.
Link follows.
To be fair, the Hairy is an inch or so closer, but the size difference is
clearer when shown this way.
https://flic.kr/p/21mFktm
Stephen Tyson, Schochoh, Logan Co.
