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Hairy woodpecker        Images © Mark A. Chappell

Hairy woodpeckers are common across much of North America.   They resemble a larger version of the downy woodpecker.   In both species, males have some red on the top of the head; thee birds above are showing less than the complete red crown of a typical male, so I'm guessing they're juveniles or immatures.   The one below is a female.   The photos were taken along Convict Creek in the eastern Sierra Nevada, Mono County, California, near Anchorage, Alaska, and in southeastern Arizona.

  • Canon 1D Mk. II or 1D4; 500 mm f4 IS lens plus 2X converter or 800 mm IS lens plus 1.4X converter, fill-in flash (2006, 2011, 2019)