Woodpeckers

Answer 1

Downy woodpecker

• Dryobates pubescens*
• excited string of hoarse, high pitched notes*

Answer 2

Pileated Woodpecker

Dryocopus pileatus

a high, clear, series of piping calls that lasts several seconds. The sound is quite similar to a Northern Flicker’s rattling call, although it tends to be more resonant and less even in tone, with changing emphasis or rhythm during the call

Answer 3

Hairy Woodpecker

Dryobates villosus

a short, sharp peek note very similar to Downy Woodpeckers, but slightly lower pitched, louder often sounding more emphatic (review other sounds)

Answer 4

Red-headed Woodpecker

Melanerpes erythrocephalus

give all kinds of chirps, cackles, and other raucous calls. Their most common call is a shrill, hoarse tchur, like a Red-bellied Woodpecker’s but higher-pitched and less rolling

Answer 5

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Melanerpes carolinus

a shrill, rolling kwirr or churr given by both sexes

Answer 6

Northern flicker

Colaptes auratus

Flickers make a loud single-note call, often sounding like kyeer, about a half-second long

Answer 7

Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus

Northern Flickers make a loud, rolling rattle with a piercing tone that rises and falls in volume several times. The song lasts 7 or 8 seconds and is quite similar to the call of the Pileated Woodpecker