Flicker & Hairy Woodpecker

These two showed up in the last couple of days. They are lots of fun to watch. Enjoy!
Female Hairy Woodpecker. I call her the Queen of Hearts because of the heart shaped white spots.

Very nice shots. It's hard to tell from the angle on the beak but your Hairy looks like a Downy

Good shooting. I tend to agree with Bill. I think it's a female downy, too.

I think I went through this before when I posted another photo of this bird. I said it was a Downy and everyone said it was a Hairy. Here is another photo with a better view of the beak. I think it is too big for a Downy at about 8 or 9 inches.

Very nice shots. Love the woodpecker (whether hairy or downy and Mitch says I always get it wrong anyway). She's a beauty.

Thanks JG. Mitch is the one that told me it was a Hairy I believe.

I can't ever tell the difference either, but great shots you got!

Great shots Clay....the Downy has black spots on the outer edges of the white tail feathers. Whichever one it is...it's a beauty.