My wife and I birded in Klickitat County on Sunday 10/5/03 and
were amazed at the numbers of LEWIS' WOODPECKERS gathering acorns between
Highway 14 at Rowland Lake and Balch Road along Old Highway 8. We
estimated 75 woodpeckers in a three mile stretch of the road. There is a
bumper crop of acorns this fall and now is a good time to see the Balch
Road/Old Highway 8 ACORN WOODPECKERS. We saw at least one of the Acorn
Woodpeckers at the granary tree almost immediately upon arriving there.
They are busy refilling the holes in the tree with acorns and visited the
tree repeatedly in a half hour period.
One TURKEY VULTURE flew over while we were watching the granary
tree and about 50 WOOD DUCKS were in Balch Lake.
Wilson Cady
N45 35.618' W122 13.738'
Washougal, Skamania County, WA
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