While at Villanova Park on Milford Mill in Baltimore Co. yesterday, I witnessed 
what appeared to be a Red-bellied Woodpecker preying upon a Downy 
Woodpecker chick.  Although the drama occurred high in the forest canopy, I 
had unobstructed views of the action.

The female Downy was frantic, calling and twittering, flying from branch to 
branch and harrassing the Red-bellied Woodpecker that continuously poked its 
head into a nest hole.

After a couple of noisy minutes, the Red-bellied Woodpecker plucked what I 
assume was a Downy chick out of the nest cavity and flew off.  The female 
Downy Woodpecker was left silent as she hopped around the nest hole for a 
few seconds before she, too, flew off.

They're so cute, aren't they?

Other birds: 

Gray-cheeked Thrush - 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2
Magnolia Warbler - 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler (female) - 1
Bay-breasted Warbler - 1
Wilson's Warbler - 1
Canada Warbler - 2

John Dennehy
Baltimore, MD