Downy Woodpecker In A Pine Tree, Athens Georgia USA Royalty-Free Stock Photo

A small black, white and red Downy Woodpecker, Picoides pubescens, bird sitting in a pine tree. Photogaphed in Athens Georgia, USA. The active little Downy Woodpecker is a familiar sight at backyard feeders and in parks and woodlots, where it joins flocks of chickadees and nuthatches. Downies and their larger lookalike, the Hairy Woodpecker, are one of the first identification challenges that beginning bird watchers master.