[wisb] Re: Red-headed woodpeckers: Marquette co, etc.
- From: Shelley Hamel <sdhamel@xxxxxxxx>
- To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:06:31 -0500
I'm not sure what 'significant' would be, but there is an increase in
red-headed woodpecker families living here and coming to our feeders.
This summer there are 3 pairs and usually it's one or two. But then our
woodlot is much changed over the last few years with a big increase in
oak-wilt and death caused even more frequently by the 2-lined chestnut
borer. So many, many standing dead trees within our 100 acres. It will
be interesting to see what happens when all these standing dead trees
fall down. It doesn't take much to pull down an oak that's died of oak
wilt, because the roots have rotted. But meanwhile, we sure enjoy our
scolding, chattering, noisy visitors who muscle aside all the other
woodpeckers in the neighborhood.
Shelley Hamel,
Westfield, Marquette County
On 7/23/2010 9:26 AM, Daryl & Sherry Christensen wrote:
> Has anyone else noted a significant upswing in red-headed woodpecker numbers
> this year in the counties where they live? Here is south-east-central
> Wisconsin, I have commonly seen red-headed woodpeckers and fledglings in
> Marquette, Waushara, Adams and Green Lake Counties. Some years, I see only a
> few while birding more often than this year. They simply seem to be in just
> about every woodlot this year.
> -Daryl Christensen
> Marquette County
> Daryl and/or Sherry Christensen
> www.muirlandbirding.com
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