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

 

 

 

Lewis'Woodpecker

 

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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 the wing.

 


 

 
   
 

 

 

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