I can't tell................

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@rebelann (111178)
El Paso, Texas
December 29, 2022 4:30pm CST
What kind of woodpecker this is? I googled it but the only thing I got was the one with a red tuft on it's head. It's the first time I've ever seen one and was lucky enough to get a video of it. Have you ever seen one of these? Do you know it is? I looked at all the species they had on google but the image above is the closest I got
This is the first time I've seen a wood pecker She is a beauty.
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (48958)
• United States
30 Dec 22
I’m not familiar with it.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (111178)
• El Paso, Texas
30 Dec 22
Neither am I. I was surprised to see her cuz there aren't a lotta trees in El Paso
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (111178)
• El Paso, Texas
30 Dec 22
I just took another look at the link Goaskalice provided and it seems this woody actually does make a home in our deserts, just seems so odd to me.
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (48958)
• United States
30 Dec 22
@rebelann it’s good that she found a tree.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (57888)
• Centralia, Washington
30 Dec 22
A downy babe?? Lucky you to have spotted her.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (111178)
• El Paso, Texas
30 Dec 22
Yeah, it really was lucky. I hope to get more of her if she comes around again.
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (57888)
• Centralia, Washington
30 Dec 22
@rebelann Listen by your windows and maybe you'll hear her. Put out a suet block.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (111178)
• El Paso, Texas
30 Dec 22
I have the feeling that the heavy cold storms out east drove her to go west or maybe it was the storm on the west coast that drove her to go east, who knows
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (86754)
• United States
30 Dec 22
Oh you got a marvelous video Rebel!! I have no idea what type he is.
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (86754)
• United States
30 Dec 22
@rebelann Yes so I saw that.
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Belle Starr (Iz)
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
31 Dec 22
I don't have a clue, not a bird person. Though we have loads of them around everywhere.
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Belle Starr (Iz)
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
31 Dec 22
@rebelann Yes, I saw that. That's what I love about this site, somebody always has an answer when you need it.
Anna
@LadyDuck (458179)
• Switzerland
30 Dec 22
Admin is right the one in the photo looks like a female Downy.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (111178)
• El Paso, Texas
30 Dec 22
Thankfully Goaskalice posted a link to the one he was talking about.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (111178)
• El Paso, Texas
30 Dec 22
According to the article that admin provided those with the read head are the males and the one I saw was a female.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (458179)
• Switzerland
30 Dec 22
@rebelann We have those with the red top of the head here. One of those silly birds one morning had started "drilling" our front door.
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Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20261)
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30 Dec 22
The one you have, he/she looks very inquisitive heh? Must be a detective something on the search for whodunit.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (111178)
• El Paso, Texas
30 Dec 22
I think she was looking for insects to eat.
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Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20261)
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31 Dec 22
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snowy
@snowy22315 (169966)
• United States
30 Dec 22
I see you got your answer. Some of the red headed ones live around here.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (111178)
• El Paso, Texas
30 Dec 22
Yep, I was surprised it came this far west cuz there aren't a lotta trees around here.
D.Umanga Wettasinghe
@cool83 (4467)
• Sri Lanka
30 Dec 22
No red color top of birds head rite , We can identify very easily form that , hear in this picture no red color on top of head , I have no idea about this
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