WoodPecker ?

[Bill Faulk]

Anyone know what kind of Woodpecker this is ? I have never seen this type before..Pic from South Texas ..Bill

[Brush Buster]

Bill ,I may be wrong ,But I believe this is a Female Downy Wood Pecker . Russ

[Opening Day]

Originally Posted by Russ Jackson

Bill ,I may be wrong ,But I believe this is a Female Downy Wood Pecker . Russ

No not a Downy

[Double Lab]

Female Ladder-backed woodpecker- (Picoides scalaris). Quite common in your neck of the woods.

[Richard B. Hoover]

Yep, it is a female Ladder Backed Woodpecker.

[Boyd Schomaker]

ladder back just check birds of north america field guide book bible of bird watching
ladder back due ladder pattern of back feather pattern and wing feathers
if it was a downy we would see a white patch back feather group thus being called a downey