Bowie Nature Park in Fairview is also a good place for them.
Kathy Malone
Fairview
"Run, jump and play."--Me
On Dec 14, 2018, at 7:55 AM, richard connors <didymops07@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Nice find, Shane! Nice group of birds.
It might be worth noting that TN State Parks can be especially good for this
sometimes hard-to-find species. Montgomery Bell S. P. in Dickson, and Paris
Landing State Park come to mind as being reliable sites for Red-headed
Woodpecker. Open, "park-like" situation with mature oak trees, often near
water, and with standing dead timber or at least dead limbs for nesting,
seems to be ideal habitat. You'd think you would find RHWO in most any
Tennessee oak woods, but that's not always the case.
Richard Connors
Nashville
On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 8:23 PM shanehwilliams <shanehwilliams@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
This afternoon, 12/13, Stan Wallace and I saw 12 or more Red-headed
woodpeckers at Norris Dam State Park (East Campground) in Anderson County.
This is on the east side of the top of the dam. We parked and walked around
the loop road with the rental cabins and saw 5 here. Then we walked down the
road to the right that leads to the East Campground and had a couple more at
the end of this short road. Then in the woods to the right of the camping
spots with picnic tables we saw 5 or more. It was hard to keep track but it
seemed like every time I saw movement it ended up being a Red-headed. Some
were full adults and some were first winter birds with some grayish-brown
mixed with red on their heads/necks, dark bars on the white wing patches,
and gray smudges on the underparts. Many were vocalizing with short,
repeated rattles. I have seen multiples of this species here and on the
western side of the park in years past.
Shane Williams
Knoxville, TN
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