> From: Anne & Allan Bier <aabier at earthlink.net> > Date: January 19, 2008 8:53:24 PM CST > Subject: bird id q? > > A friend just called me. He says he saw a woodpecker at his cabin > on Bass Lake, south of Biwabik, in central St. Louis County. He > said he looked at it with binoculars. Details: robin-size or > maybe a little larger. Head is red, down back of the neck. No > comb. Face had white around the eyes. Breast was maybe buff- > colored, lighter than a robin anyway. Back was barred buff (rather > than white) and black. > Looking in my National Geo book - Red-Bellied Woodpecker is south > of here but not too far. Red-breasted Sapsuckers are far to the > west. He says he knows Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers, it wasn't that. > Any clue? I don't think he has a bird book handy, and he's not > online. > Many thanks. > We always have chickadees here. This morning I was awakened by a > persistent tapping by my bedroom (second-story) window, which was > driving my cat crazy. Outside the window in the arbor vitae were 5 > chickadees, including one that was tapping on the window sill, > probably eating the sunflower seeds from the front porch feeder. > It's a little nippy today, I am guessing they like the shelter next > to the house and on the east side out of the wind. > Thanks for your help, which I'll send on to my Bass Lake friend. > Anne Bier, Virginia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://moumn.org/pipermail/mou-net_moumn.org/attachments/20080119/d84119eb/attachment.html
