Can you tell I like woodpeckers? I am
one of the guides for the Dean Hale Woodpecker Festival in Sisters
held the third weekend of June and if you want a great birding
experience, go to the East Cascade Audubon Society web site and sign
up for one of the tours at the festival. But I digress.
Many of you may know this woodpecker.
It is found over much of eastern North America and most of Canada and
its range dips down to western Washington, Oregon and northern
California. They can be found in the mountains of western Deschutes
County but they are not common.
When I was a child, there was a cartoon
on TV called Woody Woodpecker. This bird of the week is what Woody
was patterned after. Not sure if they are still playing it, but Woody
had a very laughable call and if you hear this bird of the week
calling in the woods, you will know where they got the idea for the
cartoon characters call. Good luck with this weeks bird, and happy
birding.
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