{"id":1076,"date":"2021-06-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weebly-import-station_note-76"},"modified":"2026-06-17T01:43:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T01:43:23","slug":"downy-woodpecker","status":"publish","type":"station_note","link":"https:\/\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/notes-from-the-station\/downy-woodpecker\/","title":{"rendered":"Downy Woodpecker"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wsite-content\"> \n\n\n\n\n<div><div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Picture\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sfbbo-test.twomoons.systems\/staging\/1924\/wp-content\/uploads\/weebly-migration\/dowo-m-4yrs-old_orig.jpeg?ssl=1\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Species: Downy Woodpecker<br\/>Most recent capture date: 5\/29\/21<br\/>Earliest capture date: 12\/27\/17<br\/>Sex: Male<br\/>Age: 4 years old<br\/><br\/>Notes: In most bird species, only females incubate the eggs, so only females develop brood patches, an anatomical feature that develops during the breeding season to help them better transfer heat to the eggs. However, in woodpeckers, males also incubate. This guy had a brood patch when we caught him this year, and also had one in 2018 and 2019. (We didn&#8217;t catch him in 2020.) 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