Downy Woodpecker Searching For Breakfast Stock Photo

Image shows a Downy Woodpecker, in search of his meal along the Arkansas River in southeast Colorado. Watched him fly from plant to plant and tree to tree looking for some of the insects for his meal. Loved his coloring of white body, and spot within the black of his wings and the red crest on top of his head. Downy Woodpeckers are small versions of the classic woodpecker body plan. They have a straight, chisel-like bill, blocky head, wide shoulders, and straight-backed posture as they lean away from tree limbs and onto their tail feathers. The bill tends to look smaller for the bird`s size than in other woodpeckers.