I visited a friend at Lake Leuman in north-central Rowan County yesterday (Saturday, Dec. 8). There were 4 red-headed woodpeckers on the oaks around his cabin at the lake. The bumper crop of white oak acorns littering his driveway is probably the reason they are spending the winter. I have heard red-headed woodpeckers in 2 additional locations in Rowan County this fall prior to this observation. The white oaks did well in this county. Scott Freidhof Rowan County