I just heard from someone in Nova Scotia who thinks she might have a
Northwest Coast-type Hairy Woodpecker coming to her feeders, based on
the dingy color of its back and underparts. I suggested that she
contact an expert in her area, but she sent me a bunch of photos. I
told her that, aside from the unlikelihood of one of our non-migratory
birds making it that far, it looks to me like the bird has too much
white spotting on the wings to be of our local subspecies. But I'm not
a woodpecker expert, so I said I would post a query here. If any of you
are interested in looking at the photos and weighing in, I'll be glad to
forward the photos to you.

Rachel Lawson
Seattle
RachelWL at msn.com