TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Front Downy Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker- Picoides pubescens Downy Woodpecker, Picoides pubescens, Family Picidae. Here is a dorsal view of the black and white feather patterns. Note the small bill. This is a female--the male has a red half collar. Found in the woods behind my house in Hamilton, Ohio. Photo: Nov 27, 2004, Handheld, Canon EOS 1D Mark II digital camera with 500mm f/4.0 L IS lens and and 1.4X TC ) For More Species Info: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Downy_Woodpecker.html

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact hays@environment-education-press.org

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.