Erika and I have visited Big Woods State Park three times in October and early November and were disappointed not to find Red-headed Woodpeckers.
dan On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 8:09 AM, linda whyte <[email protected]> wrote: > Laura Coble and I visited Nerstrand last month, without finding them > in the usual places, around the visitors' center, parking lot, and > campground; neither did we find them on our hike along trails to the > north of there. > > However, they may well have been off gathering mast from the oaks on > the south side trails, across the road, where we have also seen them > in the past. Since it hadn't been too cold at that point, they may not > have been interested in seeking out the suet feeders by the visitors' > center, where we usually see them in cold months. In our St. Paul > yard, other woodpeckers have only recently begun frequenting the nuts > and suet again. > Linda Whyte > > On Sat, Nov 5, 2011 at 11:07 PM, Fr. Paul Kammen > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I believe these wonderful birds nest there, but I haven't been down > there this > > year. I'll give them a call on Monday, but was wondering if anyone has > visited this > > state park recently. As far as I know, it's the only place where one can > regularly > > see the red headed woodpecker, unless they are common in other areas of > the > > Twin Cities. I took some photos a couple of years ago, but wanted to > take some > > more closer-up. If anyone knows if they are still there, or where there > might be > > some spots to find red-headed woodpeckers, I'd appreciate it. Too bad > some of > > their habitat has been impacted and their numbers are down - I hope they > are > > stabalizing and doing OK, they are a quite striking bird. I'm thinking > with the > > leaves gone now might be a good time to head down on a decent day to view > > them. > > > > Thanks, > > Fr. Paul > > > > ---- > > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > > > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > -- Dan or Erika Tallman Northfield, Minnesota http://sites.google.com/site/tallmanorum http://dantallmansbirdblog.blogspot.com http://picasaweb.google.com/danerika [email protected] ".... the best shod travel with wet feet" "Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes ...."--Thoreau ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
