When a Downy alights beneath a limb it starts tapping but NUTTALL WOODPECKER is said to turn often "like an inverted weather cock." They are quite pugnacious and attack birds up to the size of a Flicker and generally get the decision! With these exceptions their habits are quite similar to others of the genus.
California, west of the Sierra Nevadas; southwestern Oregon and northern Lower California.
A tree which sometimes grows to 30 feet; usually distributed along streams or on dry hills and sea-cliffs; most common on islands off the California coast and in foothills of the Sierra Nevada.