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Birds @ Wings
American Crow
Bald Eagle
Belted Kingfisher
Blue Jay
Canada Goose
Common Loon
Golden Eagle
Great Blue Heron
Great Horned Owl
Lewis' Woodpecker
Osprey
Pine Grosbeak
Red-tailed Hawk
Rufous Hummingbird
Steller's Jay
Swans
Warbling
Verio
Western Meadowlark
Wood Duck
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Lewis'Woodpecker
 RecRecognition
ognition
Sometimes called Black Woodpecker
or Crow Woodpecker, because of its' colour
and flight. The adult is dark, with green-glossed back; brown-red face
patch; pale gray collar and pink-red belly. In flight it looks more
like a crow than a woodpecker. Named after Meriwether Lewis, leader of
the Lewis and Clark expedition which crossed America in 1803-1806.
Haunts
Southern British Columbia is the best place in Canada to observe
Lewis' Woodpeckers. They live in conifers
and mixed-wood forest of the Columbia valley. The Dutch Creek burn
along The West Side road, south of Invermere, is one of the best
locations for seeing these birds. Cottonwoods and Ponderosa pine are
the preferred trees for nesting in.
Schedule
The main spring movement occurs in the first 2 weeks of May. The
autumn migration begins in late summer when large wandering flocks can
be seen. By the end of September most Lewis' Woodpeckers are gone.
Field Notes
Lewis Woodpeckers have some habits that are different from other
woodpeckers. Instead of landing vertically on a tree trunk, they perch
crosswise on a branch like a Robin. They are specialized at "flycatching",
flying out as much as 180 feet from their perch to snatch an insect on
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