Thursday, August 6, 2009

Arrival of the red headed woodpecker,April 28th,2009







April 28th,2009 the red headed woodpecker arrived at my back feeder. This is the earliest it has arrived as yet. About 4 days early. Male arrives first then the female usually a week or so later. However this year she arrived the very next day. A first since 200o. l have had them here almost every year. They missed 3. But one was seen in the area one of those years,coming out of a wooded area in a local marina. 2001 they had 3 wee ones and all other years 2. This year they had 3 successful little ones.