My surrounding habitat of woods and marsh contain lots of dead snags that treat me to a lot of woodpeckers. Maryland has seven species of woodpeckers, and I have them all!
Here’s a photo of each one, starting with the largest and going down in their size to the smallest.
#1 – Pileated Woodpecker (female)
Length: 15.8-19.3 in
Weight: 8.8-12.3 oz
Wingspan: 26.0-29.5 in
#2 – Northern Flicker (female yellow-shafted)
Length: 11.0-12.2 in
Weight: 3.9-5.6 oz
Wingspan: 16.5-20.1 in
#3 – Red-bellied Woodpecker (female)
Length: 9.4 in
Weight: 2.0-3.2 oz
Wingspan: 13.0-16.5 in
#4 – Red-headed Woodpecker
(the only one of the seven where the male and female look identical)
Length: 7.5-9.1 in
Weight: 2.0-3.2 oz
Wingspan: 16.5 in
#5 – Hairy Woodpecker (male)
Length: 7.1-10.2 in
Weight: 1.4-3.4 oz
Wingspan: 13.0-16.1 in
#6 – Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (male)
Length: 7.1-8.7 in
Weight: 1.5-1.9 oz
Wingspan: 13.4-15.8 in
#7 – Downy Woodpecker (male)
Length: 5.5-6.7 in
Weight: 0.7-1.0 oz
Wingspan: 9.8-11.8 in
As of this past week, I am still seeing all of them except the Red-headed and Hairy Woodpeckers, so there’s a good chance of more Wednesday Woodpecker posts. 🙂
Thank you, Ted, I am pretty happy having all seven species out the back door. We do not get the Red Cockade Woodpecker, Virginia is its most northern range for the east coast. However, a sighting of two was recorded in Maryland on ebird back in 1984. None since! I did several excursions while in Florida past recent winters searching for it, but didn’t luck out. Good luck, I hope you find one!!
Happy to share them with you, Hien!
P.S. Hien, I keep trying to leave comments on your posts. They submit but don’t show ever up. If I try again, it says I’m duplicating a comment. Am I in your comments spam folder?
Thank you, Deborah! I do have all seven and have seen them each numerous times, it’s just now in last weeks, two have gone AWOL, probably south for the winter. 🙂
It’s been exciting to know I have all seven species out my back door, how crazy is that?!! Out of all these seven, it’s the sapsucker that is the quietest, I have never heard one call. But sure have the others! 😉
Excellent series of these favorite birds. It’s such a thrill when I have a rare sighting of a Pileated – great shot. Your Northern Flicker is so crisp and the Downy is such a beauty. Enjoyed this set. 🙂
Thank you, Ashley! How interesting that you don’t have WPs. At least you don’t have to worry about them drilling on your home! lol So far, I haven’t heard one on mine. 🙂
Love that image of the little Downy you captured with the seeds. Of course, I do like them all, each entertaining in their own way. And what a great set of trees you can observe them in.
Until now I didn’t manage to make good pictures of woodpeckers, but I’m still trying 🙂
Your pictures are wonderfull as always Donna.
Thank you, Rudi! If they would just sit still briefly, right?!!! I have the same problem, and take lots of throw-away shots. 😉
Such variety. What a joy to enjoy these wild ,independent birds that live so close to you
I am truly blessed and thankful with my new surrounding habitats and wildlife. 🙏 Thank you, Sandy!
Nice collection. Do you have any red-cockade woodpeckers ? I’m still looking for my first photo of one.
Thank you, Ted, I am pretty happy having all seven species out the back door. We do not get the Red Cockade Woodpecker, Virginia is its most northern range for the east coast. However, a sighting of two was recorded in Maryland on ebird back in 1984. None since! I did several excursions while in Florida past recent winters searching for it, but didn’t luck out. Good luck, I hope you find one!!
They are hard to find, and hard to ID compared to a Redhead. We have colonies, the rangers mark their trees, and still not a single shot LOL.
Brava! 👍👍
Thank you!!
It’s nice to see all 7 species in one place! Thank you!
Happy to share them with you, Hien!
P.S. Hien, I keep trying to leave comments on your posts. They submit but don’t show ever up. If I try again, it says I’m duplicating a comment. Am I in your comments spam folder?
Wonderful and beautiful woodpeckers 👍🏻 thank you for sharing 🤝😍🌹
Thank you very much!
How exciting to see so many of them! A couple of those I’ve never seen. I hope you get to see the ones you’re still missing soon!
Thank you, Deborah! I do have all seven and have seen them each numerous times, it’s just now in last weeks, two have gone AWOL, probably south for the winter. 🙂
Wow…such variety of peckers, Donna!
Thank you, Indira, I’m excited to have Maryland’s seven species all in my backyard! 😉
It’s nice to see all 7 of them on one post, such a great variety for you to enjoy! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.
It’s been exciting to know I have all seven species out my back door, how crazy is that?!! Out of all these seven, it’s the sapsucker that is the quietest, I have never heard one call. But sure have the others! 😉
They are all very beautiful..
Thank you!
Wonderful captures of such variety!
Thank you, Cindy!
I like woodpecker wednesdays, Donna 🐦 I get downies and flickers on my feeder 😀
Which of the two is your favorite? Hard to decide for me, I think those two are both quite entertaining! Although the Downy is such a cutie, eh? 😉
Both are really likeable 😀 The flicker is a bold loud squeaker. And the downy is low key and quiet 🐦 LOL❗️
Opposites attract, even with woodpeckers! LOL!
Very nice collection of great woodpecker photographs!
Thank you, Wally!
Excellent series of these favorite birds. It’s such a thrill when I have a rare sighting of a Pileated – great shot. Your Northern Flicker is so crisp and the Downy is such a beauty. Enjoyed this set. 🙂
Thank you, Jane! Aren’t those Pileated WPs huge and impressive?!
Love your Woodpeckers Donna, they are so beautifully patterned. We do not have such birds down here.
Thank you, Ashley! How interesting that you don’t have WPs. At least you don’t have to worry about them drilling on your home! lol So far, I haven’t heard one on mine. 🙂
Nice set, Donna. Love the backlit red-top on the Pileated!
Thank you, Eliza!
I love the pileated woodpecker. It looks as though it has had a hard night on the town.
Thank you, Tom! It sure does! hehe
Love that image of the little Downy you captured with the seeds. Of course, I do like them all, each entertaining in their own way. And what a great set of trees you can observe them in.
Thank you, Ellen! Downys are so darn cute, I was thrilled with that shot to include berries. 🙂
Beautiful set, Donna! 🙂
Thank you, HJ! 🙂
Nice collection. You have the same allotment of WPs as we have here in the midwest. That Pileated specimen looks like she is having a bad hair day ha.
Thank you, Brian! That’s a Pileated Punkstar! hehe
A beautiful series, Donna!
Thank you, Belinda!
Wednesday Woodpeckers! Love it!
🙂 Thank you, Kathy!