When I started birding Red-headed Woodpeckers were common, regular visitors to our feeders in the 1970's. By the late 1970's they were displaced by Red-bellied Woodpeckers. David A. Brinkman, M. Ed. Cincinnati, OH Sent from my iPhone > On 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/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] ______________________________________________________________________ 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]