Under the instigation of Robert Ashbaugh, several of us from the first
Seattle Audubon Master Birders class went on an impromptu field trip to the
Fort Lewis area on 9 April 1988. We observed a male White-headed
Woodpecker on the Weir Prairie, in Ponderosa pines. This is also in
Thurston County.

Hal Opperman
Medina, WA
halop at accessone.com

At 9:46 AM -0700 09/11/1998, Scott Hoskin wrote:
>On Sunday 9/6 my girlfriend's father saw 2 White-headed woodpeckers on
>his property on Black Lake near Olympia. He has just started birding but
>is very meticulous in his ID's and he described the birds well to me
>including the white head, red spot on the back of one of the bird's
>head, size, black backs and white wing patches. He said he is 99.9% sure
>that is what they were. The problem is that he didn't know they were
>unusual for this area and just told me about it yesterday. I told him if
>he sees them again to try to get a photo and call the RBA.
>
>So, here's my question to Tweeter's: How many times have White-headed
>Woodpeckers been seen west of the cascades and/or Thurston Co.?
>
>Scott Hoskin
>Seattle, WA (Ballard)
>bludog at earthlink.net