[birdky] Feeder birds

My Pine Siskin numbers continue to be 20 or more every day. There are almost as many as Goldfinch. For the first time in the years I have been watching my backyard feeders, I had a White-Crowned Sparrow yesterday. The cold and snow are bringing lots of birds in to my feeders and heated bird bath.
For the last month I have a large Downy Woodpecker visiting my feeders. I thought it was a Hairy at first, but the bill is a Downy bill. What is so unusual is that everywhere it should be white it is a reddish tan. Even the spots are tan. I am trying to get a picture but it never seems to get in the right position. Has anyone else seen such a Downy? No other woodpecker in my East or West bird books approximates it. P 

Paul Hager
Berea, Madison Co, KY
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