Downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens). 

The little woodpecker with a cascading call. 

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The following Cornell Lab | Macaulay Library recordings were used in this episode: 

• Downy woodpecker hammering by Wil Hershberger (ML507359) 
• Downy woodpecker calls and foraging by Wil Hershberger (ML507352) 
• Downy woodpecker cascading call by William W. H. Gunn (ML507357) 
• Hairy woodpecker call by Wil Hershberger (ML507364) 

Sources and more: 

• https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Downy_Woodpecker 
• https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/downy-woodpecker 
• Dobson, C., Kassenbaum, D., Oehmke, D., & Misewicz, M. (2023). Field guide to hotspots and birds in Illinois. Scissortail LLC. 
• Peterson, R. T., & Peterson, V. M. (1980). A field guide to the birds: A completely new guide to all the birds of eastern and central North America (Fourth edition, completely revised and enlarged.). Houghton Mifflin Company. 
• Sibley, D. (2016). Sibley birds East: Field guide to birds of eastern North America (2nd ed.). Alfred A. Knopf. 
• Walton, R. K., & Lawson, R. W. (1989). Birding by Ear: Eastern/Central [Compact Disc]. On Eastern/Central birding by ear. Houghton Mifflin Co.