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Date: 4/21/26 6:13 am From: Don Morrow <donaldcmorrow...> Subject: Re: [NFLbirds] Red-headed Woodpecker migration
I've had RHWOs in Spring migration at the refuge twice. Once a wet and bedraggled bird sitting in the middle of Lighthouse Road after a mid-morning rainstorm in early April. The second time was watching a lone bird flying in from the East across the marshes on Lighthouse Road near the Double Dikes. It landed in a tree, took one look at me and flew west. Both birds were definitely migrating and a peninsular origin would make sense for both birds. Don Morrow <donaldcmorrow...> <donaldcmorow...> Tallahassee, FL On Mon, Apr 20, 2026 at 10:31 PM 'Dana Bryan' via NFLbirds < <nflbirds...> wrote: > I had the first Red-headed Woodpecker in my Tallahassee yard in 36 years > on April 15. > Sent from Dana Bryan’s iPhone > > On Apr 20, 2026, at 10:27 PM, 'Lucy and Bob Duncan' via NFLbirds < > <nflbirds...> wrote: > > > 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 Duncan > Gulf Breeze, FL > > > > > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > Virus-free.www.avg.com > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > <#m_-2416576086500762302_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NFLbirds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nflbirds+<unsubscribe...> > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nflbirds/<883265713.877067.1776738423027...> > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nflbirds/<883265713.877067.1776738423027...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NFLbirds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nflbirds+<unsubscribe...> > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nflbirds/<A74996F7-981D-4F30-BC63-CAB9CC3F2A7F...> > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nflbirds/<A74996F7-981D-4F30-BC63-CAB9CC3F2A7F...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NFLbirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nflbirds+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nflbirds/CABxVdB8ryag-OhRWD-VfaTzQdKZfWm1_LhRNJL7SssPEgy%<3DA4A...>

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