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Hi There
I think that these may be Downey Woodpeckers but i'm not sure , can anyone help me out .
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I don't think the link worked maybe this will.
http://outdoorontario.net/Gallery/surfi ... pecker_25a[/url]
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Thanks for the help.
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sure look like yellow-bellied sapsuckers to me, nice photo btw
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Thank You ,  my book is not the best for bird identification , I need to get a Sibleys . The sapsuckers don't seem to look anything like the pictures I took.
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no problem :) the Sibley's is a very good guide, even the little pocket one.
How i got sapsucker is there is not enough white on the back ,downys and hairys have a big white patch on the back ,these woodpeckers don't. You have a juvenile with the brown head and a female with the red cap ,probably mother and kid :) ,where and when you take them? Have seen sapsuckers breed in the Long point area so are around but usually just see them the most during migration.
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Thanks for the help Andrew. I took several pictures of these birds at Gull Lake near Minden. I was  investigating some birds making funny noises and scared off  a Hawk , which I did not know was there . They must have been chirping at the Hawk and didn't seem to mind  me taking their pictures . I guess I'm the lesser of two evils .
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