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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