![]() The improvements include a multi-purpose trail that loops throughout the park, boardwalks that cross over environmentally sensitive areas, removal of invasive plants, and the addition of more than 500 native trees and shrubs. After acquiring the site in 2011, the Chicago Park District hired Hitchcock Design Group to create a plan that combines ecological restoration goals with park enhancements. That heavily wooded corner had been used as a dumping ground for excess dirt and debris. ![]() Breeding season territories consist of an area as large as 10 to 15 ha (24. Fall and winter territories consist of small, defined areas with favorable food supplies and the area near roost holes. Until its recent conversion to parkland, however, the 21-acre site remained an undeveloped part of the cemetery that had never been used for burials. Interspersion Downy woodpeckers occupy different size territories at different times of the year (Kilham 1974). Through the cemetery’s history, the area at the northwest corner included a pond. Landscape gardener William Saunders, a national leader in the Rural Cemetery Movement, created Rosehill Cemetery’s original design which included curving drives, swaths of lawn, and several water features. One of Chicago’s oldest burial grounds, Rosehill Cemetery was dedicated in 1859. The 21-acre site lies at the northwest corner of Rosehill Cemetery. In 2015, the Chicago Park District and City of Chicago dedicated Park #568 which is now known as West Ridge Nature Park. This natural area offers meandering pathways, boardwalks, and fishing areas. West Ridge Nature Park in the heart of Chicago's northside, about a mile west of Lake Michigan, contains approximately 20 acres of woodland, wetland, and lagoon habitat. The downy woodpecker's bill is shorter than its head, whereas the hairy woodpecker's bill is approximately equal to head length. The downy woodpecker is virtually identical in plumage pattern to the larger hairy woodpecker, but it can be distinguished from the hairy by the presence of black spots on its white tail feathers and the length of its bill. ![]() Adult males have a red patch on the back of the head whereas juvenile birds display a red cap. They have a black tail with white outer feathers barred with black. There is one white bar above the eye, and one below. The downy woodpecker is mainly black on the upperparts and wings, with a white back, throat and belly and white spotting on the wings. Body mass ranges from 20 to 33 g (0.71 to 1.16 oz). The total length of the species ranges from 14 to 18 cm (5.5 to 7.1 in) and the wingspan from 25 to 31 cm (9.8 to 12.2 in). Adult downy woodpeckers are the smallest of North America's woodpeckers, but there are many smaller species elsewhere, especially the piculets. ![]()
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