Downy Woodpecker Songs and Calls

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Downy Woodpecker: Slower than Hairy (can almost count); usually weak, on thin branches. • Higher, flatter, and softer than Hairy; pik. • High-pitched and distinctly descending; Downy goes down.

Drum:

Contact call:

Rattle call:

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