He points out a hairy woodpecker pounding away at a snag.

A photo caption that accompanied an image with the article misidentified a downy woodpecker as a hairy woodpecker, and a group of bright yellow finches or vireos was referred to only as “birds.”

Also, a downy woodpecker was incorrectly identified as a hairy woodpecker.

Among the species he reported seeing were the hairy woodpecker, downy woodpecker, black-capped chickadee, red breasted nuthatch, white breasted nuthatch and red-bellied woodpecker.

One challenge was to discern the hairy woodpecker from its doppelganger, the downy woodpecker.