[obol] Coos woodpecker?

[Tim Rodenkirk]

Unlike the Pinus contorta murryana up thar in the Cascades that occsionally burns up and offers nice habitat for those woodpecker species, the Pinus contorta contorta shore pine along the coast just doesn't seem to burn very often.  I imagine if it did, the habitat may be a bit more attractive for Black-backeds and 3-Toeds.

Tim


--- On Tue, 7/29/08, Jeff Gilligan <jeffgill at teleport.com> wrote:

> From: Jeff Gilligan <jeffgill at teleport.com>
> Subject: Re: [obol] Coos woodpecker?
> To: "David Fix and Jude Claire Power" <dfxjcp at humboldt1.com>, "OBOL" <obol at oregonbirdwatch.org>
> Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2008, 1:10 PM
> 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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