Paul,
Red-headed Woodpeckers are common in my neighborhood (western Loudoun
County, VA) & it is not uncommon to see a sub-adult bird this time of year.
In fact, two days ago one visited my feeders.  My records show a couple
around this time of year (& later) almost every year.  A couple of years
back one was very vocal well into the summer.
Joe Coleman
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From: "Paul Pisano" <>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 10:52 PM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Kenilworth and Anne Arundel Red-headed WP>
> ...

    After that I spent the day at the Smithsonian Environmental Research
Center
> (SERC) near Edgewater, MD.  It was depressingly quiet!  Only bird of
> interest was a subadult RED-HEADED WOODPECKER in the "old growth" part of
> the forest.  This bird had me confused because I wouldn't expect this
> plumage at this time of year, especially having just watched the
Kenilworth
> Red-headed WP go from subadult plumage in Nov. to adult plumage by April.
> My guess is that today's bird is from a late brood last year.  It was
> virtually all brown in the head and back, with two jagged black bars in
the
> otherwise white secondaries.
>
>
>
> Good birding,
>
> Paul Pisano
>
> Arlington, VA
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