Downy Woodpeckers
The small downy woodpeckers (Dryobates pubescens) always bring a smile. They are particularly fond of peanut butter, and love dining on the peanut butter in the coconut shells at the feeders in the Ramble in Central Park. I've had downy woodpeckers sit on a fence in the North Woods and wait for me to open my bag for peanuts. Sunflower seeds don't cut it. Peanuts are what they want!
Male downy woodpecker, the Ramble, Central Park, January 13, 2023
Female downy woodpecker, the Ramble, Central Park, March 2, 2023
Male downy woodpecker, Central Park feeders, February 26, 2022
Female downy woodpecker, Forest Park, Queens, April 1, 2022
Male downy woodpecker, Central Park, March 23, 2022
Downy woodpecker, the Loch, Central Park, November 20, 2021
Female downy woodpecker, Hunter Island, Pelham Bay Park, April 16, 2021
Downy woodpecker, North Mount Loretto State Forest, Staten Island, November 1, 2021
Male downy woodpecker, the feeders in the Ramble, Central Park, April 1, 2020
Downy woodpecker, Blue Heron Park, Staten Island, March 12, 2021
Downy woodpecker, the feeders in Central Park, February 4, 2019, eating peanut butter in a pine cone
Downy woodpecker at the feeders, dining on a suet blend, April 1, 2017
Al fresco dining at the coconut shell, March 3, 2016
A female downy woodpecker at Laupot Bridge, Central Park, January 1, 2015
A female downy in Riverside Park near 116th Street, March 2, 2016.
Left: July 1, 2015, the Ramble, Central Park; right: March 3, 2016.
