I made the trip to Wenas Campground on Friday to look for the White-headed
Woodpecker.



Heading from Ellensburg on Umptanum Road I had: WESTERN BLUEBIRD, WESTERN
MEADOWLARK, AMERICAN KESTREL, WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW, AND CALIFORNIA QUAIL.



I got to the campground at about 9:30 AM, and found WESTERN BLUEBIRDS
nesting in the hole occupied by the woodpeckers last year; a hole above that
had nesting PYGMY NUTHATCHES. Also in the area were NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED
SWALLOW, STELLER'S JAY, RED-NAPED SAPSUCKER, SPOTTED TOWHEE, MOUNTAIN
CHICKADEE, DOWNY WOODPECKER and HAIRY WOODPECKER. I got a good look at a
flycatcher which I believe to be HAMMOND's FLYCATCHER, but it was not
vocalizing. I came across a birder who had seen the White-headed
Woodpecker, and also a birding couple who had seen it; all these sightings
were in the deciduous trees near the creek. Finally at 230 PM I saw a
female WHITE-HEADED WOODPECKER fly from the creek area to land on a
Ponderosa Pine trunk. I got excellent views of this striking bird, which
was a life bird.



On Umptanum Road going back I saw a WESTERN KINGBIRD.



Marvin S. Hoekstra

Sammamish, WA

marvin dot hoekstra at verizon dot net