Re: Red Cockaded Woodpecker- Marco Island

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Posted by Brian Rapoza on 17:48:57 02/08/06

In Reply to: Red Cockaded Woodpecker- Marco Island posted by Chat Lee

Red-cockaded Woodpecker is very habitat-specific. Though the closest suitable habitat, namely mature pine flatwoods,is only a few miles north of Marco Island, at Picayune Strand State Forest, it's unlikely that this species would wander to a residential area on a coastal island. Is it possible that what you saw was another woodpecker species? The three most likely candidates would be Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker or Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.

: Seen this morning at end of Nassau Ct.

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Comments:	: Red-cockaded Woodpecker is very habitat-specific. Though the closest suitable habitat, namely mature pine flatwoods,is only a few miles north of Marco Island, at Picayune Strand State Forest, it's unlikely that this species would wander to a residential area on a coastal island. Is it possible that what you saw was another woodpecker species? The three most likely candidates would be Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker or Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. : : : Seen this morning at end of Nassau Ct. :
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