Bird Identification: CLOSED: Identify This Bird Please Vol. 3, 1 by creekwalker

creekwalker wrote:
Ok, I am still a little confused about IDing a Downy Woodpecker from a Hairy Woodpecker. I know Downy's are smaller, but that's hard to tell unless you can see them side by side.

Someone said Downy's have "dots". But where? Both seem to have dots to me. I am also wondering about the red patch on some of them. Some have it and some don't. Is it a male/female thing?

Hairy's have longer bills, but that's another one that is hard to tell unless they are side by side. Which one would this one be?