Downy Woodpecker

Wildlife in Marlborough and Sudbury

Sighting Date: 
July 3, 2010
An ovenbird at the Desert Conservation Land in Marlborough, photographed by Craig Smith.An ovenbird at the Desert Conservation Land in Marlborough, photographed by Craig Smith.A great crested flycatcher at the Desert Conservation Land in Marlborough, photographed by Craig Smith.A great crested flycatcher at the Desert Conservation Land in Marlborough, photographed by Craig Smith.An eastern chipmunk at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury, photographed by Craig Smith.A downy woodpecker at the Desert Conservation Land in Marlborough, photographed by Craig Smith.A monarch butterfly at the Desert Conservation Land in Marlborough, photographed by Craig Smith.A snapping turtle at the Desert Conservation Land in Marlborough, photographed by Craig Smith.A rose-breasted grosbeak at the Desert Conservation Land in Marlborough, photographed by Craig Smith.
Craig Smith photographed the following species during a visit to the Desert Natural Area in Marlborough and Sudbury:  ovenbird, great crested flycatcher, eastern chipmunk, downy woodpecker, monarch butterfly, snapping turtle, rose-breasted grosbeak.
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Wildlife at SVT's Cedar Hill Reservation

Sighting Date: 
June 15, 2010
An eastern bluebird at SVT's Cedar Hill Reservation, photographed by Craig Smith.An eastern bluebird and a tree swallow at SVT's Cedar Hill Reservation, photographed by Craig Smith.A cedar waxwing at SVT's Cedar Hill Reservation, photographed by Craig Smith.A common yellowthroat at SVT's Cedar Hill Reservation, photographed by Craig Smith.A white-tailed deer and a nursing fawn at SVT's Cedar Hill Reservation, photographed by Craig Smith.A downy woodpecker at SVT's Cedar Hill Reservation, photographed by Craig Smith.An American robin at SVT's Cedar Hill Reservation, photographed by Craig Smith.An eastern towhee at SVT's Cedar Hill Reservation, photographed by Craig Smith.An tree swallow at SVT's Cedar Hill Reservation, photographed by Craig Smith.
Craig Smith photographed the following during a visit to SVT's Cedar Hill Reservation and the adjacent Crane Swamp Conservation Area lands:  eastern bluebird, tree swallow, cedar waxwing, a white-tailed deer and a nursing fawn, downy woodpecker, American robin, and eastern towhee.
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Backyard birds in Concord

Sighting Date: 
April 11, 2010
A dark-eyed junco in Concord by Dick McWalterA downy woodpecker in Concord by Dick McWalterA northern cardnal in Concord by Dick McWalterA white-breasted nuthatch in Concord by Dick McWalter
Dick McWalter photographed a dark-eyed junco, a downy woodpecker, a northern cardinal and a white-breasted nuthacth at a feeder in Concord.
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Backyard Birds in Sudbury

Sighting Date: 
March 27, 2010
A black-capped chickadee and downy woodpecker photographed in Sudbury by Lydia PastuszekA downy woodpecker photographed in Sudbury by Lydia PastuszekA downy woodpecker photographed in Sudbury by Lydia PastuszekA northern cardinal photographed in Sudbury by Lydia Pastuszek
Lydia Pastuszek photographed a black-capped chickadee, downy woodpeckers and a northern cardinal at her bird feeder in Sudbury.
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Birds at Memorial Forest

Sighting Date: 
March 5, 2010
Gregory Billingham reports the following birds from his walk at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury:
  • Ring-billed Gull - 3
  • Mourning Dove - 4
  • Downy Woodpecker - 1
  • American Crow - 3
  • Black-capped Chickadee - Many
  • Tufted Titmouse - Many
  • Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1
  • White-breasted Nuthatch - 4
  • Eastern Bluebird - 1
 
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Birds at Crane Swamp

Sighting Date: 
March 2, 2010
Gregory Billingham reports the following list of birds from a walk around Crane Swamp in Westborough and Northborough, including SVT's Cedar Hill Reservation and Sawink Farm Reservation:
  • American Robin - 10
  • Black-capped Chickadee - 4
  • Downy Woodpecker - 2
  • Hairy Woodpecker - 1
  • Mallard - 30+
  • Dark-eyed (Slate-colored) Junco - 6
  • White-throated Sparrow - 4
  • Song Sparrow - 9
  • American Goldfinch - 3
  • Falcon sp. - 1 (Peregrine?)
Duration: 9:30 - 12:45
Weather: Calm, mostly sunny, mid-40s
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White-throated Sparrow and Downy Woodpecker at Memorial Forest

Sighting Date: 
January 21, 2010
White-throated Sparrow by Craig SmithDowny Woodpecker by Craig Smith
Craig Smith photographed a white-throated sparrow and a downy woodpecker at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury.
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Downy Woodpecker in Acton

Sighting Date: 
December 12, 2008
Downy Woodpecker photo by Anne Dykiel
Anne Dykiel photographed this downy woodpecker in Acton.
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Downy Woodpecker

Sighting Date: 
March 17, 2008
Downy Woodpecker by Anne Dykiel

Anne Dykiel photographed this Downy Woodpecker on a white faced hornet nest (click on image for a larger view).

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Downy Woodpecker

Sighting Date: 
March 3, 2008

Dee Fleming photographed this Downy Woodpecker in Boxborough (click on image for a larger view).

Downy Woodpecker by Dee Fleming
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