Begin forwarded message: > From: Laura Coble <shearwate...@frontiernet.net> > Date: June 27, 2010 6:57:09 PM CDT > To: MN listserv <mnb...@lists.mnbird.net> > Subject: Red-headed Woodpeckers, Goodhue Cty > > On Thursday this week, I discovered at least 5 adult (possibly more) > Red-headed Woodpeckers in the dead trees along Wild Turkey Road in Goodhue > Cty. I observed them flying back and forth from utility poles and trees to > some dead trees, inspecting nest holes. I saw no juveniles, but residents > along the road farther down have had them at feeders for a number of years, > and told me that juveniles came to their feeders last year with the adults. > > From hwy 19, turn north on Sunset Trail. The first road to the east is Wild > Turkey Rd. The woodpeckers are hanging out in an area about a mile down this > road, on the south side. About a mile and half farther east down the road is > another area where you may see the woodpeckers flying from feeders to dead > trees beyond the end of a resident's lot. I've talked to the the people who > live there, and they don't mind birders viewing the birds near their home. > Though the feeders are mostly hidden by high bushes, the birds can be easily > viewed from the road, in flight and perched on trees, at both locations. > > Also, I saw one adult Swainson's Hawk. About a month ago, Jim Otto told me of > seeing a Swainson's along Wild Turkey Rd, about a mile or so from the > intersection. I finally saw it flying last week on the west side of Sunset > Trail, close to Wild Turkey Rd. There have been Lark Sparrows along the road > if you follow Sunset Trail and cross the Cannon Valley Bike Trail, where > Sunset Trail begins to follow the Cannon River. I saw them on two occasions > last week, and the second time I saw a pair displaying. > > Although you can't park on the road near the bike trail, you can park on the > side of the road a short way farther down, since this area is part of the > Cannon River Wilderness. There are several state park signs along the river, > and River Terrace Prairie SNA is about 2 miles beyond the bike crossing, on > the east side of Sunset Trail. The Goodhue side of Miesville Ravine is across > the river from the SNA, though there is no bridge at this location. > > Laura Coble > Cannon Falls, MN
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