It looks to me like a pleated woodpecker. They are much larger than the Downys. People say that woody woodpecker was modeled after the pleated woodpecker. I've heard that besides the jack hammer pecking, they have a distinct call that I'm afraid I haven't heard - but want to. I wonder if that also sounds like woody 😅
I happened to get lucky and run into a couple one day - they mate for life you know.
Here's a photo I took in the fall.
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I always thought they looked like Woody too! Then I learned he was modeled on an acorn woodpecker, which is confusing because they don’t have the crest.
Look for their holes, oblong shaped with a heap of woods chips on the ground below.
@fatamorgana Hmmm … acorn woodpecker it is. But I can see how people would assume pleated. 😄