Maurie,

The Slater Museum in Tacoma has a large, useful online collection of
bird wing images. I believe this collection is largely the result of
efforts by our own Dennis Paulson (maybe others too). The link
provided below includes the woodpeckers of their collection. Your
feathers look like a woodpecker's, indeed. However, their length (4.5
inches) seems a bit too long for all but Pileated and Flicker, which
of course look different than yours.

http://digitalcollections.ups.edu/cdm-slaterBirdWing/results.php?CISOOP1=any&CISOBOX1=woodpecker&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=/slaterBirdWing


Scott R a y
Yakima, WA
mryakima at gmail dot com



On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 9:18 PM, M&M Kirschner <mnmkirschner at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Tweeters.
>
> I was at Volunteer Park on Thursday afternoon and came across a large
> scattering of woodpecker feathers. I gathered them up and brought them home
> and took a bad picture of them with a ruler for all of you to look at and
> tell me if they are Downy or Harry. The longer ones of the group measure
> 4.5 inches. I see the wing span measurements for each species in my Sibley,
> but not the "top to bottom" length. Is there a way to tell which woodpecker
> it is?
>
> Anyone have suggestions for good feather ID books or online resources?
>
> Thanks and Happy feather gathering...
>
> Maurie Kirschner (Seattle)
> mnmkirschner at gmail dot com
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