[va-bird] Red-headed Woodpecker in Albemarle Co.

Today I finally saw a Red-headed Woodpecker in an area near my house three 
miles east of Whitehall in Albemarle County.   I have been watching this area 
for years because it is the ideal habitat for Red-headed Woodpeckers.  It is a 
grove of tall mature oaks with a clear understory and several big snags.  The 
woodpecker was high in the trees. Part of the time it was flying out almost 
flycatcher-like and returning to the same area in the tree.  I don't know if it 
was catching insects or not.  Anyway I had great views.  The area is at a 
pull-off at Midway Farm on Garth Road about a half mile west of the bridge 
crossing Mechums River.
   
  Jennifer Gaden, Albemarle Co.
 
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