Subject: [Tweeters] Flicker/Pileateds Roosting in old nest in snag
Date: Nov 14 22:21:23 2007
From: Diane Yorgason-Quinn - Avosetta at hotmail.com


I have had a female Flicker use my large bat house (that the bats have
ignored) for winter roosting.

Diane Yorgason-Quinn
Wauna, WA
Avosetta at hotmail.com

----- Original Message -----
From: <mgd at myuw.net>
To: "Caryn Schutzler" <bluedarner1 at seanet.com>
Cc: "Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2007 1:44 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] Re: Flicker/Pileateds Roosting in old nest in snag


> Caryn,
> That's very cool you have roosting woodpeckers. It's funny that you
> mention this, because several days ago I noticed a female flicker in my
> flicker box "excavating" (i.e. throwing out wood chips I put in) and I'm
> assuming she's going to use it as a roost site. (Usually I get a squirrel
> moving in for the winter.)
>
> Mike Donahue
> Seattle (Beacon Hill)
>