[CT Birds] Red-headed Woodpecker

[Pam Holden]

I too, would like to thank Steve for letting us know about the Red-headed 
Woodpecker.  We were there this afternoon and although it took some time 
(approx. 40 mins), he suddenly appeared in a tree that was right in front of 
me.  Couldn't miss him at all.  We watched him for a while and observed him 
take something from the ground (I believe it was a sunflower seed) and place 
it inside the top of a broken tree.  It also looked like he covered it. 
Great fun to watch!

While waiting for the Red-headed WP to appear, we enjoyed ourselves while 
watching all your yard birds.  Nice, quiet place you've got over there with 
lots of good feeder birds.  Although we didn't spot a Brown Creeper like 
Bill did, we did see two Red-breasted Nuthatches while checking out the 
other birds.

Again, many thanks,
Pam & Skip Holden
Colchester CT


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Asteriades" <Asterbunch at Cox.Net>
To: <ctbirds at lists.ctbirding.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 10:34 AM
Subject: [CT Birds] Red-headed Woodpecker


>
> I visited the Red-headed Woodpecker this morning in Ashford.  It was a 
> very easy bird to spot based on Steve Morytko's directions (spotted it in 
> a few minutes).  Also, saw a Brown Creeper.  Thanks Steve for the spotting 
> and detailed directions.
>
> Bill Asteriades
> South Glastonbury
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