This little plush Downy 
Woodpecker is made by Wild Republic and is part
of their Audubon
Bird series. The Downy (Picoides pubescens)
is a small, 6-inch black and white woodpecker.
Males have a small red patch on the nape. The Hairy 
Woodpecker
is similar, but it is larger (about 9 inches) with a larger bill.
The vertical white stripe down the back is a field mark worth
noting.
The voice is a quiet pick; also a rapid
descending series of notes ( a coarse whinny of sorts). The Downy
lives in forests, parks, river groves and gardens. The nest is
a gourd-shaped hole 6-10 inches deep in a dead tree limb 5-50
ft. up where the bird lays 4 or 5 white eggs (.8 x.6 in.) It
is a resident from Alaska across Canada, south throughout the
United States except Southwest.
This is one little bird that I see frequently
in my yard. It is a busy little bird that runs up and down the
branches pecking the wood in search of its food. It is common
in the West, especially in winter. The male is larger than the
female and chisels deep into wood with its longer, stronger bill,
and I see the holes to prove it. The female pries under the bark
with her shorter bill. With both little birds eating the insects
found in the trees, I'm sure it helps rid the trees of the pesky
little bugs. Downys eat ants and boring insects, spiders, snails
and some fruits and seeds.
