The immature Red-headed Woodpecker was seen on the south side of the pond about half way along the path near two partially uprooted trees. It occasionally made its rattle call. This was at the Bill Richards park next to Blydenburgh.
Tom Moran Shoreham Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S® 4 mini ™, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: kevin rogers <kev31...@yahoo.com> </div><div>Date:11/19/2016 5:36 PM (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: NYSBIRDS-L <NYSBIRDS-L@cornell.edu> </div><div>Cc: </div><div>Subject: [nysbirds-l] Bill Richards memorial park juv. red headed woodpecker </div><div> </div>Took a look for the adult red headed woodpecker reported here recently. Didn't see it but a kind birder mentioned he'd just seen the rusty blackbirds, so headed in the direction he recommended ...followed the east side on the pond,down to almost reaching the highway,there was a feral kitten,and then a nearby tree filled up with close to a dozen rusty blackbirds! The woodpecker awareness was way up all day,and several red bellied and one downy kept things interesting. Noticed a woodpecker type bird and sure enough it was a red headed, but not the reported adult. This juvenile was quite a character, giving good looks, but also frequently flying across the pond, then quickly returning, usually with something it's mouth....acorns I think. It seemed to be hiding things for itself. It carried on like that for a while before finally getting a little tired and resting upon a dead tree. Brown creeper, northern Pintail pair.and hooded merganser pair were hanging out near the mallards. A kingfisher called and showed well the whole time I was out there. This park is the next entrance east of blydenburgh park if your heading east, apparently formerly known as green gates. a small parking lot gives way to a hiking trail,a right turn soon after reveals a lake...if u head right it will head down to the area where these birds were seen today. We went the long way around initially, and these directions could help avoid that, although you coukdnt go wrong here, beautiful place to bird!! Kind regards -Kev -- NYSbirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --