I haven't really checked the main areas for Red-headed Woodpeckers 
yet but with a good acorn crop they could be common this winter. I heard one 
yesterday ( 11-12) in the same area I had one in mid-September. They are 
absent from an area they were present last winter.
      The way to look for them is to walk across the dike at the 
impoundments, turn right (west) after you enter the fields and walk along 
the edge of the woods checking the dead trees until you find one. May hear 
one before you see it.
       Their main nesting area is the group of dead trees you can see to the 
west of the main dike.

Paul Woodward
Fairfax City, VA