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Injured bird ID

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Posted by Buck Ward on June 10, 2013 at 4:21 PM
Injured bird ID
My wife Peggy texted me this snapshot of an injured bird that was brought into the vet clinic (Fort Myers Florida)where she works. She thinks it looks woodpeckerish. I guessing maybe yellow-bellied sapsucker, but that's a bird I'm not really familiar with. they are here but we rarely see them.

ID needed, please.
Posted by Luke Ormand on June 10, 2013 at 5:13 PM
It's a juvenile woodpecker of some sort... downy/hairy/sapsucker can't really tell but that's what I would go with.
Posted by Peter May on June 12, 2013 at 10:21 AM
Looks like a downy to me. Sapsuckers don't nest in Florida; they are winter residents only.