Outdoor Ontario
Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Rotarran on January 27, 2013, 01:01:22 AM
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Took a walk through the Charles Sauriol Park and took a few pics of some common birds but they came out ok so I thought I'd share:
Saw a beautiful Winter Robin and got a nice shot of him:
(http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y469/Rotarren/P1260464_zpse90759eb.jpg)
Nice pic of a Cardinal in what I dubbed the Cardinal alley
(http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y469/Rotarren/P1260479_zps56322ed3.jpg)
Female Downy Woodpecker:
(http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y469/Rotarren/P1260489_zpsda2d413c.jpg)
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I actually think your woodpecker is a Hairy Woodpecker, as the outer tail feathers are entirely white (Downy has black spots).
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You may be right. The reason I thought she was Downy was because of her longer beak and somewhat larger size. I saw what I thought was a female Hairy Woodpecker a while back that was considerably smaller and had a shorter beak as well.
I'll show you a different pic of the above bird. The long-ish beak lead me to believe it's a Downy:
(http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y469/Rotarren/P1260486_zpsc1cd8440.jpg)
And here's the pic of what I thought was a Hairy Woodpecker (female). Notice the shorter beak and somewhat more diminutive size:
(http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y469/Rotarren/FemaleDownyWoodpecker_zps76a4969d.jpg)
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You may be right. The reason I thought she was Downy was because of her longer beak and somewhat larger size. I saw what I thought was a female Hairy Woodpecker a while back that was considerably smaller and had a shorter beak as well.
I'll show you a different pic of the above bird. The long-ish beak lead me to believe it's a Downy:
And here's the pic of what I thought was a Hairy Woodpecker (female). Notice the shorter beak and somewhat more diminutive size:
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...you have them mixed, hairy's are the larger ones with long beaks
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You may be right. The reason I thought she was Downy was because of her longer beak and somewhat larger size. I saw what I thought was a female Hairy Woodpecker a while back that was considerably smaller and had a shorter beak as well.
I'll show you a different pic of the above bird. The long-ish beak lead me to believe it's a Downy:
And here's the pic of what I thought was a Hairy Woodpecker (female). Notice the shorter beak and somewhat more diminutive size:
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...you have them mixed, hairy's are the larger ones with long beaks
D'oh that explains it. Thanks for the clarification.