Downy Woodpecker
Dryobates pubescens
The Downy Woodpecker’s breeding habitat is deciduous forests across most of North America. Where they live, they stay year round. These are the smallest of all North American woodpeckers. Some authorities still classify this bird by the older genus Picoides.
Males and females do not spend time together in the winter. As mating time approaches, both males and females will drum on resonating material such as dead hardwood. Once the pair bond is established, they will cease the drumming and get to work on their nest hole in a dead limb or tree. It usually takes one to three weeks to complete. When the young are hatched, both birds provide captured insect prey for their hungry brood.

Downy Woodpecker(Dryobates pubescens) |
Description: Poway. San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2012:03:24 15:18 |
Location:
Poway Grove Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/800 |
File Name: D3X8924-DownyWoodPecker |
© 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |


Downy Woodpecker(Dryobates pubescens) |
Description: Poway. San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2012:03:24 15:19 |
Location:
Poway Grove Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/640 |
File Name: D3X8940-DownyWoodPecker |
© 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |


Downy Woodpecker(Dryobates pubescens) |
Description: Poway. San Diego County, California. |
Date Taken: 2012:03:24 15:22 |
Location:
Poway Grove Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/1000 |
File Name: D3X9005-DownyWoodPecker |
© 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |


Downy Woodpecker(Dryobates pubescens) |
Description: Female bird at Whelan Lake. Near Oceanside, California. Northern San Diego County USA 2003-06-29. |
Date Taken: 2003:06:29 10:57 |
Location:
Whelan Lake |
Camera Information: |
File Name: A3F29g12-DownyWoodpecker |
© 2003 - Jack Daynes - shadeTree Imaging |


Downy Woodpecker(Dryobates pubescens) |
Description: Heavy molt on this bird I met in my Poway yard, California USA 2003-07-29. |
Date Taken: 2003:07:28 19:26 |
Location:
Poway Grove Park |
Camera Information: |
File Name: A3G28A16DownyWoodpecker |
© 2003 - Jack Daynes - shadeTree Imaging |


Downy Woodpecker(Dryobates pubescens) |
Description: Rio Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque New Mexico 2016-03-20. |
Date Taken: 2016:03:22 9:38 |
Location:
Rio Grande Nature Center |
Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: D726115-DownyWoodpecker |
© 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Downy Woodpecker(Dryobates pubescens) |
Description: Rio Grande Nature Center in Albuquerque New Mexico 2016-03-20. |
Date Taken: 2016:03:22 9:37 |
Location:
Rio Grande Nature Center |
Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1250 |
File Name: D726094-DownyWoodpecker |
© 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Downy Woodpecker(Dryobates pubescens) |
Description: An occasional yard bird in Poway. San Diego County, California USA 2012-03-24. |
Date Taken: 2012:03:24 15:19 |
Location:
Poway Grove Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/500 |
File Name: D3X8957-DownyWoodPecker |
© 2012 Jack Daynes, shadeTree-Imaging |


Downy Woodpecker(Dryobates pubescens) |
Description: Jerry and I enjoyed our Friday visit to the riparian grove next to the Rio Grande in Albuquerque, New Mexico so much, we returned on Monday to the bosque, as locals call it. We met this Downy Woodpecker along the hiking and biking trails that weave through the Cottonwood and Mulberry trees. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:18 10:28 |
Location:
Tingley Beach |
Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: DownyWoodpecker_D508609-TingleyBeach-ABQ |
© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Downy Woodpecker(Dryobates pubescens) |
Description: Jerry and I enjoyed our Friday visit to the riparian grove next to the Rio Grande in Albuquerque, New Mexico so much, we returned on Monday to the bosque, as locals call it. We met this Downy Woodpecker along the hiking and biking trails that weave through the Cottonwood and Mulberry trees. |
Date Taken: 2020:05:18 10:28 |
Location:
Tingley Beach |
Camera Information: NIKON D500, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/640 |
File Name: DownyWoodpecker_D508660-TingleyBeach-ABQ |
© 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |

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