\nLast weekend, I went out momentarily to check the temperature. Immediately I heard a wooden thud-thud-thud-thud…what could it be?<\/p>\n
\nLooking around, I caught the sight of a woodpecker’s head moving back and forth. It had a distinct white-black-white striped pattern on the side of its face, but no obvious red flourish on the head.<\/p>\n
\nThe sound it made, and its appearance, were unfamiliar to me. We have flickers and pileated woodpeckers, but their pecking sounds differ from what I heard that time. Moreover, the woodpecker in question was smaller than a pileated one would be.<\/p>\n
\nI checked the guide and believe it to have been a downy woodpecker, which is known to inhabit residential areas.<\/p>\n
\nSource:<\/p>\n
\nHoar, T.L. De Smet, K., Campbell, R.W., Kennedy, G., and Kagume, K (2010). Birds of Canada.<\/em> Lone Pine Publishing.<\/p>\nJack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Self-tutoring about birds: the tutor mentions a sighting. Last weekend, I went out momentarily to check the temperature. Immediately I heard a wooden thud-thud-thud-thud…what could it be? Looking around, I caught the sight of a woodpecker’s head moving back and …<\/p>\n