Judd Brink

Nesting Red-headed Woodpeckers at the 8th hole, Madden's Gull Lake Classic Golf Course

Photo by Judd Brink, 2011

 

Attention Golfers!

If you play golf, we need YOU.

Populations of Red-headed Woodpeckers are declining; one reason is that we are losing their preferred habitat, oak savanna. The good news is that golf courses with oak savanna-type habitat can be managed to promote good habitat for these birds and help them thrive. There is a Red-headed Woodpecker recovery project underway and we are looking for help from birders who play golf.

We want to know which Minnesota golf courses currently have Red-headed Woodpeckers. If you see these birds on a course where you play, please send a quick note to Chet Meyers at chetmeyers@visi.com and tell us the name of the course and course location (Minnesota only, for now). We will follow-up and document information about their nest site habitat.

Go to www.redheadrecovery.org for more information about this beautiful bird and the recovery project. Please join us - and thanks for your help!