Wednesday, 10 October 2018

[Maine-birds] Black-backed Woodpecker

OK, that’s just ironic. I spent the last two weekends up in the north woods, enjoying boreal species. This morning, I stepped outside my house and heard a black-backed woodpecker calling here on the north end of Pushaw Lake in Hudson. I tracked it down for a good look. It’s the fourth time I’ve had them in or near my yard over the years.

 

I do find that black-backs wander by mid-autumn. Three-toeds seem to stay put, near where they nested.

 

Bob Duchesne

Woodpecker Whisperer

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