The Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) is a species of woodpecker, the smallest in North America.
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“A tree that can fill the span of a man’s arms
Grows from a downy tip;
A terrace nine stories high
Rises from hodfuls of earth;
A journey of a thousand miles
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—Lao-Tzu (6th century B.C.)