sometimes recognized). Length 9". All red-bellied woodpeckers show a black-and-white barred back, white uppertail coverts, grayish white underparts, black chevrons on the lower flanks and ...

Like its smaller cousin the downy woodpecker, this bird is smartly patterned, with a white belly, a white patch down the center of the back, and white spots on its back wings. Those in the West ...

It also has a special weapon, a needled beak that enables it to probe deep into crevices for larvae and eggs of insects spending winter where it’s warmer. The downy also can peck at galls or ...