Male Downy WoodpeckerThe Downy Woodpecker is this months Creature in My Backyard. Now, as an affirmed bird watcher, woodpeckers are a species not easy to get pictures of, that is why this picture is courtesy of Wikipedia. I do two things when spotting a bird I can't name. One thing I do is pull out my large bird book (I was going to say "big bird book" but realized I was saying "big bird", no thanks) called The Encyclopedia of North American Birds,...
