[obol] Coos woodpecker?

[Jeff Gilligan]

I long ago wondered why we never had any reports of vagrant Black-backed or
Three-toed Woodpeckers to the coastal areas with stands of Shore Pine (Pinus
contorta).  (I am now barred from finding the first unless it is
photographed.)  Jeff Gilligan.


On 7/29/08 12:57 PM, "David Fix Jude Power" <dfxjcp at humboldt1.com> wrote:

>  
> Is it possible that the bird reported on the coast at Sunset Beach was
> actually an Acorn Woodpecker?  Think about it: they have bold white patches in
> the wings and white on the head.  I think this species is MUCH more likely to
> occur on or near the southern Oregon coast than a White-headed Woodpecker.
> They occur to within a few miles of the coast in northwest California wherever
> there is tan oak (a shade-tolerant forest oak whose acorns they eat).  I know
> Jim Rodgers has seen the species at least once at his place outside Port
> Orford--which has tan oak.  Even in Redwood National Park there are Acorn
> Woodpeckers wherever there are tan oaks here and there (I would not include
> this report in your Coos County book, Tim R., unless the observer can be
> absolutely positive that it was not an Acorn Woodpecker).
>  
> Trivia- the northernmost tan oak known to me, a disjunct population for sure,
> occurs just northeast of the town of Idleyld Park, in n-c Douglas County, up a
> stream called Rock Creek.  It was shown to me in 1991 by a gifted and
> energetic botanist named Ray Godfrey, who died not long after that outing.
>  
> Steve Dougill's report of a Black-backed Woodpecker at Hart Mountain was
> interesting.  Are there any other reports from there?  Imagine the habitat
> barrier such a bird would have had to cross, if it's actually out of place.
> Anyone know?
>  
> David Fix
> Arcata, California
>  
> Overheard on The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer last week:
> "Predictions are always difficult, especially when you're talking about the
> future."
> / Francis Creighton, Mortgage Bankers Association
>  
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