I had the good fortune of meeting up with Bob McGuire, Dave Nutter, Susan Danskin, and others as they were tracking the movement of a Red-headed Woodpecker at the corner of Poplar Ridge Rd. and Rt. 90 in Aurora earlier today (Saturday) around 12:20 p.m. The bird was very active flying back and forth in the nearby woods; it was first located on the west side of 90 in a yard immediately north of Paynes Creek.
After Bob, Dave and Susan and friends left for Montezuma I continued searching for the bird as it was the first RhW I have observed in Aurora in over twenty years. With the help of a friend I located the RhW in the large Sycamore east of 90 and south of Poplar Ridge. After about 30 minutes I discovered that there were two RhWs moving in the tree tops and flying back and forth over Rt. 90. It seems that this is a breeding pair which adds to the excitement of having this magnificent species finally return to the Aurora area. I did manage to photograph the bird at some distance. Bill Roberts Aurora, N.Y. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
