There is only one confirmed nesting ever of Red-bellied in Vermont - in
Brattleboro a couple of years ago; so any evidence of additional nesting is
significant. I predict with the new Atlas Project getting underway this
year, there will be others.
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Wayne Scott
Compiler, VT Rare Bird Alert

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> Recently, Rodney Olsen saw a Red-bellied Woodpecker on a feeder at the jct.
> of Whalley and Lake Rd. in Charlotte. I can't answer his question (Are they
> uncommon winter birds?)   - but in March '02   I spent quite a long time
> watching   a red-bellied woodpecker apparently excavating a nest hole right
> beside the apple orchard at the right-angle bend in Whalley Road.
>
> Maeve Kim
> Jericho Center