Date: 4/20/26 7:27 pm From: Lucy & Bob Email via groups.io <RobertADuncan...> Subject: [ALbirds] Red-headed Woodpecker migration
Hi all,
Today, Lucy and I had six Red-headed Woodpeckers in our migrant trap yard at one time! These were our first of the year and are usually absent the rest of the year. Lucy and I have seen them coming in off the Gulf with trans-Gulf migrants during fallout conditions on several occasions. Other birders have witnessed this as well. But there are no records for Cuba or the rest of the Indies, nor Mexico. So where are they coming from?
Several years ago a birder from the peninsular Florida suggested they were probably coming from there since they do winter down state. That seems the only logical explanation for this odd phenomenon. My thanks to this birder whose name I forgot for probably solving this mystery some of us up here have been pondering for years.
Bob DuncanGulf Breeze, FL
