Subject: [Tweeters] PIX --- Re: Ft Vanc Acorn Woodpeckers YES 3:30 ...
Date: Oct 20 00:35:34 2014
From: Rob Conway - robin_birder at hotmail.com


As soon as I saw the post I rushed over and found the bird about 4:15. I think there may be more than one as I am sure I heard a second bird calling while I was observing the first. A state first for me and a real upbeat bird as it reminded me of the thousands of these clowns we had everywhere while I was growing up in the Sierra Nevada foothills and going to school at Stanford where there was a 30+ year study of the birds and their social behavior (they lived in and used as granaries the thousands of palm trees on the campus.

Rob Conway
Camas, WA
45.58?N 122.44?W - elevation 310 ft.
robin_birder at hotmail.com





> Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2014 19:04:15 -0700
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> Subject: [Tweeters] PIX --- Re: Ft Vanc Acorn Woodpeckers YES 3:30 ...
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> hi ... pix from my Sony superzoom ... enjoy, Lyn
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> my best shot ... this may be a different bird than the next two images ...
> http://northwestbirding.com/Images14Oct/vancouver_acorn_woodpecker_10-16-14.jpg
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> side view of the head ... same bird as image below ...
> http://northwestbirding.com/Images14Oct/vancouver_acorn_woodpecker_head_10-16-14.jpg
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> front of head ... a juvenile ??? ... male or female ??? ... wondering
> because of the red spotting between the red top of head and the white
> front of head ... Ryan Abe got much better pictures of the head
> markings ... this was my only shot ...
> http://northwestbirding.com/Images14Oct/vancouver_acorn_woodpecker_head_10-16-14_B.jpg
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> At 04:47 PM 10/16/2014, Lyn Topinka wrote:
> >hi all ... the two Acorn Woodpeckers were still at Fort Vancouver at
> >3:30 ... however we had to wait for over an hour for them to fly
> >back into the area ... there is a big oak a bit south and slightly
> >west of the Gazebo ... they seem to like that ... we also saw them
> >in the pines by the barracks and the smaller oaks south of the big
> >oak ... Jen S who was there before we arrived also saw them in the
> >area of the big pines east of this big oak/gazebo area ... thanks
> >Cindy Mc for finding them ... I didn't have my good camera gear with
> >me but I still got respectible shots with my superzoom ... MUCH
> >better shots snyways than my previous digiscoped attempts at the
> >granary tree in Lyle (grin) ...
> >
> >Lyn
> >
> >p.s. ... and thanks to Gene who first spotted the woodpeckers flying
> >back in and came RUNNING over to the rest of us who were slowly
> >ambling around checking trees waaayyyy to the east ...
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> >Lyn Topinka
> >Vancouver, Wa,
> >NorthwestJourney.com
> >NorthwestBirding.com
> >ColumbiaRiverImages.com
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> Lyn Topinka,
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