Breeding Location:
Forests, coniferous
Breeding Type:
Monogamous
Breeding Population:
Fairly common
Egg Color:
White
Number of Eggs:
3 - 6
Incubation Days:
11 - 15
Egg Incubator:
Both sexes
Nest Material:
Cavity lined with chips.
Migration:
Some migrate
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General
Hairy Woodpecker: Small woodpecker with black-and-white upperparts and white underparts. Head has a red hindcrown patch. Tail is black with white outer tail feathers. Northwest birds have gray-brown breast, belly, and rump. Female and juvenile are similar but lack red patch on heads.
Range and Habitat
Hairy Woodpecker: Resident from Alaska across Canada south throughout the U.S. to the Gulf of Mexico. Some northern birds migrate south for the winter. Preferred habitats include deciduous forests.
Breeding and Nesting
Hairy Woodpecker: Three to six white eggs are laid in a hole in a tree. Incubation ranges from 11 to 15 days and is carried out by both parents.
Foraging and Feeding
Hairy Woodpecker: Diet consists of insects, especially gypsy moth caterpillars and pupae, spiders, nuts, seeds, and fruits; forages in trees, bushes, brush piles, and canes.
Readily Eats
Suet, Sunflower Seed, Nuts, Sugar Water, Fruit
Vocalization
Hairy Woodpecker: Song is a sharp rattling. When disturbed flutters its wings and utters a "brrrup" or "kweek", or engages in displacement tapping and pecking.
Similar Species
Hairy Woodpecker: Downy Woodpecker is smaller, has proportionally smaller bill, barred outer tail feathers, and different call.
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