[NatureNS] RB Woodpecker - info on trends needed

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Hi ,

Your query prompted me to look this up in a couple of web-based resources
-- according to the CBC data which doesn't yet include this year, numbers
reported on NS CBCs were 0-2 in 1990-94 and 1997/8 to 202/3, 5 in 1995/6
and 2003/4, 37 in 20054/5, 22 in 2008/9, and 2 in 2009/10 - i.e. big spikes
in numbers within the last 7 years, although not a clear cut upward trend.
From reading the bird reports this winter on line my guess is that this
will be another bumper year. It's easier to understand graphically,
although I guess I can't put a jpeg of the graph on NatureNS. (I'll send it
to Randy). Also, here's an extract from Birds of N.America Online - BBS
data show from 1966 to 1998 increasing trend in northern part of range,
from s. Great Lakes region east to Pennsylvania, New York, and surrounding
areas. Similar increases in Connecticut, Michigan, New Jersey, West
Virginia, and Wisconsin.

My guess is that this species in NS is going (or rather coming) the way of
the N.Cardinal- increasing wintering population, the beginnings of evidence
for breeding, and perhaps in another 20 years will be one of our commonest
woodpeckers. Whether this is related to climate change or something else -
who knows?

So basically your statement seems very reasonable.

Richard



On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Randy Lauff <randy.lauff@gmail.com> wrote:

> All,
>
> I've birded NS for over 20 years, sometimes enthusiastically, sometimes
> just absorbingly. However, I don't know much about Red-bellied Woodpecker=
s
> here, though someone has sent in a picture to our local paper and the
> reporter wants details about the species here. From watching NatureNS and
> reading *Nova Scotia Birds*, I feel like this statement is fair: "It is a
> regular fall or winter visitor, in some years, in ones and twos, and in
> others, like this one, they are popping up regularly. I don=92t think any=
one
> knows why this happens." Does this sound reasonable?
>
> There is one nest record in the Atlas (confirmed)...were there any others
> this past year?
>
> Thanks,
> Randy
>
> _________________________________
> RF Lauff
> Way in the boonies of
> Antigonish County, NS.
>



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Dr.R.B.Stern,
P.O. Box 300,
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Richard Stern,
Port Williams, NS, Canada
sternrichard@gmail.com
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Hi ,<br><br>Your query prompted me to look this up in a couple of web-based=
 resources -- according to the CBC data which doesn&#39;t yet include this =
year, numbers reported on NS CBCs were 0-2 in 1990-94 and 1997/8 to 202/3, =
5 in 1995/6 and 2003/4, 37 in 20054/5, 22 in 2008/9, and 2 in 2009/10 - i.e=
. big spikes in numbers within the last 7 years, although not a clear cut u=
pward trend. From reading the bird reports this winter on line my guess is =
that this will be another bumper year. It&#39;s easier to understand graphi=
cally, although I guess I can&#39;t put a jpeg of the graph on NatureNS. (I=
&#39;ll send it to Randy). Also, here&#39;s an extract from Birds of N.Amer=
ica Online - BBS data show from 1966 to 1998 increasing trend in northern p=
art of=20
range, from s. Great Lakes region east to Pennsylvania, New York, and=20
surrounding areas. Similar increases in Connecticut, Michigan, New=20
Jersey, West Virginia, and Wisconsin.<br><br>My guess is that this species =
in NS is going (or rather coming) the way of the N.Cardinal- increasing win=
tering population, the beginnings of evidence for breeding, and perhaps in =
another 20 years will be one of our commonest woodpeckers. Whether this is =
related to climate change or something else - who knows?<br>

<br>So basically your statement seems very reasonable.<br><br>Richard<br><b=
r><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Randy =
Lauff <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:randy.lauff@gmail.com">randy.=
lauff@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><font size=3D"4">All,</font><div><font size=
=3D"4"><br></font></div><div><font size=3D"4">I&#39;ve birded NS for over 2=
0 years, sometimes enthusiastically, sometimes just absorbingly. However, I=
 don&#39;t know much about Red-bellied Woodpeckers here, though someone has=
 sent in a picture to our local paper and the reporter wants details about =
the species here. From watching NatureNS and reading <i>Nova Scotia Birds</=
i>, I feel like this statement is fair:=A0&quot;I<span style=3D"font-family=
:Arial;color:blue">t is a regular
fall or winter visitor, in some years, in ones and twos, and in others, lik=
e
this one, they are popping up regularly. I don=92t think anyone knows why t=
his
happens.&quot;=A0</span></font><font size=3D"4">Does this sound reasonable?=
</font></div><div><font size=3D"4"><br></font></div><div><font size=3D"4">T=
here is one nest record in the Atlas (confirmed)...were there any others th=
is past year?</font></div>



<div><font size=3D"4"><br></font></div><div><font size=3D"4">Thanks,</font>=
</div><div><font size=3D"4">Randy</font></div><div><br></div><div>_________=
________________________<br>RF Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish=
 County, NS.<br>




</div>
</blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>#################<br>Dr=
.R.B.Stern,=A0=A0 <br>P.O. Box 300,<br>Port Williams,<br>N.S., Canada,<br>B=
0P 1T0<br>Richard Stern, <br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br><a href=3D"mailto=
:sternrichard@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">sternrichard@gmail.com</a><br>

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