In my younger years, I remember seeing red-headed woodpeckers frequently in the picnic grove at Whetstone Park in Clintonville. I live by there now and never see them. On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 1:40 PM, Joseph Boros <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 48 Bobwhites and 46 Red-headed Woodpeckers... That's not something > you're going to come across these days! (Although I do see Red-headed > Woodpeckers here in Holmes County with some frequency) > > Joseph Boros, > Holmes County > > On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 11:09 AM, Bill Whan <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > Here's the tally from some famous local birders of the Wheaton Club on a > > routine Christmas Count in Columbus in 1923: > > "Columbus, Ohio. Dec 23: 8:30 to 12:30 and 1:30 to 5 pm. Fair in > > a.m., > > heavy clouds in p.m. Snow on ground; wind moderate, southwest; temp. 28 > > to 35 degrees. Distance covered, 5 mi on foot, about 35 miles by > > automobile. Observers together. Bob-white 48, mourning dove 24, marsh > > hawk 2, Cooper's hawk 2, red-shouldered hawk , sparrow hawk 5, barn owl > > 1, screech owl 1, hairy woodpecker 7, downy woodpecker 21, red-headed > > woodpecker 46, red-bellied woodpecker 3, flicker 6, horned lark heard, > > blue jay 19, crow 26, meadowlark 4, goldfinch 7, tree sparrow 141, junco > > 55, song sparrow 8, towhee 3, cardinal 29, Carolina > > wren 2, brown creeper 14, white-breasted nuthatch 15, tufted titmouse > > 22, chickadee 12, golden-crowned kinglet 13, robin 1, bluebird 13. Total > > 31 species, 542 individuals. E. S. Thomas, John Thomas, Milton Trautman, > > and Robert Geist." > > Thought this might be of some interest for folks who've done Xmas > > counts recently, worth comparing with results from local experts almost > > a century ago... > > Bob White > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > > Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/members > > hip.php. > > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > > listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. > Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/ > membership.php. > Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. > > > You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: > listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS > Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask] > -- Karen H. Martens 293 Ceramic Drive Columbus, OH 43214 614-261-0143 (home) 614-607-1905 (mobile) ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Please consider joining our Society, at www.ohiobirds.org/site/membership.php. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: listserv.miamioh.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]