Subject: Re: White-headed WP
Date: Nov 07 00:13:29 1995
From: STEPNIEWSKI at delphi.com - STEPNIEWSKI at delphi.com


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+dThere is no doubt in my mind that the Yakima Indian Reservation is tops for
White-headed Woodpeckers in WA. Everywhere I've been in the pine and
mixed-conifer forests, I find them readily. A tape is especially helpful and
seems to bring them in from afar. I may be sticking myself out on a limb here,
but I venture to say they are the commonest woodpecker in the open ponderosa
pine forests of the res. Though there is a lot of big diameter pines still out
there, logging is proceeding fast - 130 to 150 million board feet/year. Are the
White-headed Wp's days numbered out on the Yakima Res? By the way, there is
litttle or no info "leaked" to the outside about the birdlife on this
reservation. Great place for Spotted Owls - >100 pairs! Some
radio-tagged...proof there is an altitudinal migration much as this species
does in the Sierra Nevada of Calif. Nesting Sandhill Cranes...tons of Hermit
Warblers...swans seen in the breeding season(???!!). Lots of Gray Flycatchers
too.

Andy Stepniewski
Wapato WA