Date: 4/21/26 7:18 am From: 'bendy32309' via NFLbirds <nflbirds...> Subject: Re: [NFLbirds] Red-headed Woodpecker migration
Where are they at WO, Sunny?Brenda Scott
-------- Original message --------From: 'sunny phillips' via NFLbirds <nflbirds...> Date: 4/21/26 10:16 AM (GMT-05:00) To: Don Morrow <donaldcmorrow...> Cc: Dana Bryan <dcbgbw...>, Lucy and Bob Duncan <robertaduncan...>, Albirds <albirds...>, Nflbirds <nflbirds...> Subject: Re: [NFLbirds] Red-headed Woodpecker migration We have a nesting pair at westminster OaksSunny PhillipsOn Apr 21, 2026, at 09:13, Don Morrow <donaldcmorrow...> wrote: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 <Morrowdonaldcmorrow...>, FLOn 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 iPhoneOn 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 DuncanGulf Breeze, FLVirus-free.www.avg.com
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