Leave larger limbs and standing trunks of about 30 feet or more in height to help our other woodpeckers. However, note that these small stubs are too small for our larger woodpeckers to use to excavate a cavity. This small stub does not present a real danger, so limbs could be cut back to this size for safety and to help a Downy. However, even a stub of a limb only about twelve inches in length and the diameter of a tangerine can provide a home for a Downy. Naturally, if the dead limb could easily fall on the house or a vehicle or present other danger, then it should be cut back to a safe length or removed. We can help the Downy by simply allowing a few dead limbs to remain on trees. The holes are used as homes to raise young, to sleep in at night (roost), and to seek shelter from inclement weather and even to escape some predators. Like other woodpeckers, the Downy nests and roosts in cavities that it excavates in small dead limbs of trees. They are the carpenters of the bird world. I think their Spanish name of Carpinteros embodies a fullness and sonority that is lacking in the English name. Woodpeckers are the quintessential group of birds associated with trees. These diminutive woodpeckers are permanent residents of our neighborhoods, local parks, and open woodlands throughout the Upper Coast. At approximately 6 3/4 inches and just under an ounce in weight it is only slightly larger than a Tufted Titmouse. The LDL is built with Islandora, an open source digital library system based on Fedora, Drupal, and Solr.Profile by Glenn Olsen: The Downy Woodpecker is North America's smallest woodpecker. Vermilionville Living History Museum & Folklife Park.Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport.Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans.
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