Charlie,
You are right I should have written "now is a good time to see the
ACORN WOODPECKERS at Balch Road/Old Highway 8". We only saw one bird at a
time not eight birds altogether, I have no idea what is the total
population of this family group.
Wilson

On Mon, 6 Oct 2003 21:26:37 -0700 "Charlie Wright"
<charlie at birdwright.com> writes:
> Just wondering, did you see 8 Acorn Woodpeckers, or did you see just
> 1 at a time in a half hour? I think some might have misinterpreted
your
> e-mail when you put "Old Hwy 8" and "Acorn Woodpecker" together.
>
> Good birding!
> Charlie.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Wilson E Cady" <gorgebirds at juno.com>
> To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Cc: <obol at lists.orst.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 8:10 PM
> Subject: Klickitat County
>
>
> > 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
> > gorgebirds at juno.com
>
>
>


Wilson Cady
N45 35.618' W122 13.738'
Washougal, Skamania County, WA
gorgebirds at juno.com