Dear Tweets,

On April 9, 1988, the Seattle master birder group found a White-headed
Woodpecker at the Weir Prairie (a Fort Lewis training area) in Thurston
county near the Pierce County line. This area is not all that far from the
sighting that Rahne reported below. I wonder, could there be a small colony
bunkered down in their camouflage trees on Fort Lewis?

snip -Also, in the rarity department, my niece saw a white-headed woodpecker
on a
tree in the media strip on I-5 just north of the Nisqually exit. Don't know
what a mountain bird is doing in the big city but it was definitely a
woodpecker with a white head, red patch on the back and a dark body, bigger
than and definitely not a hairy or downy woodpecker.
Thanks again, all you tweeters who helped me find my bittern, Yahooooo!
Rahne
rahne at mindspring.com
Federal Way

Good Birding,
Marcus Roening Tacoma,WA
MDR51044 at GlaxoWellcome.com