Fig. 184. Sapsucker.
Questions on Woodpeckers to be Answered in March.
1. What is the difference in appearance between the male and female downy?
2. How does the downy travel down a tree; does it go head-first? What food have you seen it eat?
3. How does the downy use its tail in going up and down the tree trunk?
4. Have you approached a woodpecker closely enough to see how its toes are arranged? If so, describe them.
5. How does it manage its head to make its blows forceful?
6. Are you able to discriminate between the hairy and the downy when you see them? How?
7. Do you know the difference in the notes of the hairy and downy? Explain.