Went to observe the adult Red-headed Woodpecker today from about 11am to 1:30pm and was rewarded with great behavior and views of this gorgeous bird. It also offered alot better photo ops than the ones in Ridgewood, NJ I was going to. It was located along the yellow woodchip trail behind the golf range just south of Orchard Beach Rd. If you follow the trail going west it will come to a more open area of mostly black locust trees and there will be a fallen tree across the trail before it goes down slope with a clearing to the left. The bird was mostly in this area while I was there. It spent most of it's time foraging and chasing the Red-bellied Woodpecker and Yellow-bellied sapsucker away from it's feeding territory. It was cool to have four species of woodpeckers in view at once (also had a downy). It spent some time on the ground and at eye level but was mostly mid level or higher. In addition to the previously mentioned birds I also had while in the area both kinglets, many Yellow-rumped warblers, Brown Creeper, lots of Song and White-throated Sparrows, Field Sparrows, Dark-eyed Juncos, many American Robins, Common Grackles, Hermit Thrush, American Goldfinch, Red-tailed Hawk, Blue Jays, and White-breasted Nuthatch.
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