Just an additional comment about the Red-headed Woodpecker. If I want to see one (or many) I head to the older local golf courses. I know that someone at Ohio State did a study a few years back of their use of the links and I can confirm that they are on many local courses here in Trumbull and Mahoning Counties. One of the best places is Mill Creek Park (both the North and South courses) where a large colony has been present for many many years. Avalon, Pine Lakes, and Squaw Creek are other courses that immediately come to mind.
When doing the recent PA BBA , I would visit the local courses and the woodpeckers were there too. Most of these OH/PA courses have large mature oaks and the woodpeckers can also be seen flycatching insects over the fairways. Water is not a prominent factor at Mill Creek and is limited to ponds at the other courses. There seems to be enough dead branches/stubs for successful nesting.
Suzanne Butcher
Trumbull County
> Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:32:37 -0400
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> Subject: Re: [Ohio-birds] Red-headed Woodpecker observation
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> I believe Regina is correct in her observation about water not being a
> necessity for Red-headed Woodpeckers. In Northeast Ohio they are closely
> tied to wooded swamp and moist woodlands with Red Oaks as the predominate
> tree species. The woodpecker's abundance depends on the success of the acorn
> crop. In good years they will reside in these woodlands all winter and nest
> there the following spring. They can be common in Trumbull County following
> a good acorn crop and absent for a year following a poor crop. As elsewhere,
> they do inhabit marshy areas with standing dead trees. I have seen them
> utilizing these areas much like flycatchers do- and Red-headeds are
> surprisingly good at "flycatching", even catching large dragonflies in
> flight.
>
> Dave Hochadel
>
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> My observations in Darke County tell me that there are more Red-headed
> Woodpeckers than I always thought. I find them in woods were there are dead
> trees not necessarily around water. Many places where they have been easy
> to find like along lakes, etc. have had trees that have died due to wetlands
> being created and water levels raised in lakes. I wonder if they really
> need to be along water or just need the trees to have the right deadness?
> I often see them flying from a woods across a county road to feed in a corn
> field. In fact, two years ago, we found one dead along the road where we
> had seen one flying from the neighbor's woods across the road to our corn
> field. We figured it had been hit by a vehicle.
>
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