MALE HAIRY WOODPECKER AT FEEDER, HUNTINGTON PARK DR & PRINCE EDWARD BLVD (INCLUDING MAPLE VALLEY PARK), THORNHILL, MARKHAM, ONTARIO, 5/27/2023

      We can ID this woodpecker as a male Hairy Woodpecker as follows:

• Large size of woodpecker, compared to Downy Woodpecker.  We were fairly close to the woodpecker, so we could tell its size.
• Large bill which looks like a railroad spike, rather than the dainty and much smaller bill of a Downy Woodpecker.
• Red patch on back of head is split in two.  This occurs often on a male Hairy Woodpecker, but not on a Downy Woodpecker..
• All white outer tail feathers, compared to the Downy's spotted ones.