>Saturday, I had the pleasure of rafting down the Yakima. Several times I got
>a glance at
>what appeared to be Lewis' woodpeckers flying from one side of the river
>to the other. My question is has anyone
>else noticed Lewis' in this kind of habitat, and if not, what other bird
>do you think it could have been?
>wes jansen

Lewis' Woodpeckers are common in riparian situations, nesting in big
cottonwoods along rivers or in ponderosa pines on the hillsides above the
rivers. It's exactly where you would expect to see them, like little
pink-bellied crows making circles in the big blue sky.

Dennis Paulson, Director phone: (206) 756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax: (206) 756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail: dpaulson at ups.edu
Tacoma, WA 98416