This is interesting. The Red-headed Woodpecker is still in Cunningham Park (Queens) four days later. It's in the same area as before and likely has been on all my visits this week. In my experience, they tend to stay moderately high when in deciduous woods. The first sighting was by chance. Today, I was alerted to its presence when it began calling, and was only able to spot it when it flew from one tree to another nearby.
Steve Walter From: Steve Walter [mailto:swalte...@verizon.net] Sent: Monday, May 07, 2018 7:42 PM To: NYSBIRDS (nysbird...@list.cornell.edu) <nysbird...@list.cornell.edu> Subject: Red-headed Woodpecker in Queens There was a Red-headed Woodpecker in the northern section of Cunningham Park, Queens late this afternoon (maybe all day even - but seen by me late). Steve Walter Bayside, NY -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm 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://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --