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Downy woodpecker female working a hardwood branch. You can see clearly here the holes this small bird has drilled into the maple branch searching for insects. Maine's smallest woodpecker, Phippsburg, Maine
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Downy woodpecker female working a hardwood branch. You can see clearly here the holes this small bird has drilled into the maple branch searching for insects. Maine's smallest woodpecker, Phippsburg, Maine

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  • White Breasted Nuthatch, a small, tree creeping bird that eats insects from bark and also feeder seed, Phippsburg, Maine. Nuthatches aren't woodpeckers, though they do eat insects hiding in tree bark. They also like suet and sunflower seeds.
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  • Yellow Bellied Sapsucker, female juvenile perched on Birch limb with lichen, Phippsburg Maine October
  • For more on Red Bellied woodpeckers in Maine, see Bob Duschene's article here <a href="http://bangordailynews.com/2012/02/24/outdoors/red-bellied-woodpecker-no-longer-rare-in-maine/">http://bangordailynews.com/2012/02/24/outdoors/red-bellied-woodpecker-no-longer-rare-in-maine/</a>
  • Red Bellied Woodpecker, male working spruce snag, Phippsburg Maine, October For more on Red Bellied woodpeckers in Maine, see Bob Duschene's article here <a href="http://bangordailynews.com/2012/02/24/outdoors/red-bellied-woodpecker-no-longer-rare-in-maine/">http://bangordailynews.com/2012/02/24/outdoors/red-bellied-woodpecker-no-longer-rare-in-maine/</a>
  • For more on Red Bellied woodpeckers in Maine, see Bob Duschene's article here <a href="http://bangordailynews.com/2012/02/24/outdoors/red-bellied-woodpecker-no-longer-rare-in-maine/">http://bangordailynews.com/2012/02/24/outdoors/red-bellied-woodpecker-no-longer-rare-in-maine/</a>
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  • Red Bellied woodpeckers have only been showing up in Maine in winter months for a few years. They are insect eaters, or insectivores. For more on Red Bellied woodpeckers in Maine, see Bob Duschene's article here <a href="http://bangordailynews.com/2012/02/24/outdoors/red-bellied-woodpecker-no-longer-rare-in-maine/">http://bangordailynews.com/2012/02/24/outdoors/red-bellied-woodpecker-no-longer-rare-in-maine/</a>
  • Red-breasted nuthatch on tree in dappled shade, Phippsburg, Maine bird
  • Brown Creeper, one of Maine's smallest and most cryptic birds, they are hard to spot on trees because they blend in so well. Though not a woodpecker, they do eat insects from cracks in bark on trees. Phippsburg Maine bird in winter
  • White Breasted Nuthatch, a small, tree creeping bird that eats insects from bark and also feeder seed, Phippsburg, Maine
  • Downy woodpecker female working a hardwood branch. You can see clearly here the holes this small bird has drilled into the maple branch searching for insects. Maine's smallest woodpecker, Phippsburg, Maine
  • Pileated Woodpecker, male, our largest woodpecker
  • Male Pileated Woodpecker, our largest woodpecker. This bird was photographed in The Everglades National Park, at Nine Mile Pond on the road to Flaming, south Florida, March 2013. This is a very common bird in Maine and it is a year round resident here.
  • Red Bellied Woodpecker searching for insects in tree trunk For more on Red Bellied woodpeckers in Maine, see Bob Duschene's article here <a href="http://bangordailynews.com/2012/02/24/outdoors/red-bellied-woodpecker-no-longer-rare-in-maine/">http://bangordailynews.com/2012/02/24/outdoors/red-bellied-woodpecker-no-longer-rare-in-maine/</a>
  • Red Bellied Woodpecker searching for insects in tree trunk For more on Red Bellied woodpeckers in Maine, see Bob Duschene's article here <a href="http://bangordailynews.com/2012/02/24/outdoors/red-bellied-woodpecker-no-longer-rare-in-maine/">http://bangordailynews.com/2012/02/24/outdoors/red-bellied-woodpecker-no-longer-rare-in-maine/</a>
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