Bird Identification: CLOSED: Mystery woodpecker ID???, 1 by ssmith419

ssmith419 wrote:
Here's one more shot....not much better I'm afraid. The whole feeder is 13" long and the bird did seem a bit small to me to be a Hairy but if it were immature or female I guess it might be smaller? The occasional Hairys I get are significantly bigger than the Downys. The beak made me think more of a Hairy...longer in relation to the head. The coloring is throwing me. I have never seen a woodpecker Hairy or Downy around here with that rusty color on it. I didn't think to measure from the bottom to the top of the hole that it's perched right next to (duh!)...I'll have to do that in the AM! Thanks for your time.