Tweets,
I figure the Woodpeckers are dispersing farther off
their nesting areas, searching for food over a larger
area to feed their kids, so they are moving around to
a wider area and being seen more often. Also, figure
the local population has doubled if each nest
successfully fledges just 2 chicks. And they are
following the folks around before dispersing out.
AND any earlier juveniles have maybe already started
to disperse as well and are passing thru.

Sounds reasonable to me, anyway ;)
Guy

--- Ryan Shaw <rtshaw80 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Well, this is true with most birds, With it being
> fall, breeding season is
> over and all the young have fledged therfore
> increasing the population of
> woodpeckers significantly.
>
>
> Ryan Shaw
>
> two
>
> >Subject: Fall woodpeckers? From: "Rob Sandelin"
> <floriferous AT msn.com>
> >Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 14:16:47 -0700
>
> >I seem to notice an increase in my sitings of
> woodpeckers starting in early
> >fall. Most of what I see are what I consider
> resident woodpeckers, eg,
> >pileated, downy, hairy and the red-breasted
> sapsucker. I just seem to see
> >them more. Curious about this, anybody have a
> notion why there seems to be
> >more woodpeckers out and about in early fall?
>
> >Rob
>
>
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Guy McWethy
Renton, WA
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