Don,

there were a pair. one seemed to be feeding the other -- i presumed
courtship. the cottonwoods had numerous holes.

alan says that they are not uncommon and that the baker bbs has the
highest denisty of lewis' of any route.

*i,* however, was amazed.

dale

On Wed, 19 Jun 1996, Don Baccus wrote:

> Dale:
> >Lewis' Woodpeckers
>
> >the last seemed the most notable and -- at least to me -- suprising
> >species.
>
> I'm quite surprised you saw them there this late. They are seen
> fairly regularly at places with trees, i.e. Malheur NWR, P-Ranch,
> etc also during spring migration but by now typically have moved
> on.
>
> How many did you see? A pair?
>
> - Don Baccus, Portland OR <donb at rational.com>
> Nature photos, on-line guides, at http://www.xxxpdx.com/~dhogaza
>
>