Free Mini Guide: Downy Woodpecker vs. Hairy Woodpecker

by Logan Parker • design by Celeste Mittelhauser
photos by Logan Parker (unless otherwise noted)

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The Observatory’s free mini guides for how to tell apart easily confused Maine species are designed to distill the decades of experience that enables professional naturalists and biologists to recognize each species from observing just a few key characteristics.