Odd Woodpecker

THBeal@aol.com
Fri, 29 Jan 1999 16:16:38 EST


I had a male Downy Woodpecker with a reddish wash on the upper breast and
throat in the backyard today.  It's 'mustache', was almost a brick red.  Not a
trick of the light,  I observed him twice, once through my scope.  Maybe he
was excavating a cedar tree, but no red on the side of the face-  any ideas?

Tom Beal
Glenn Dale, MD