Locations and Reporting
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Reporting Red-Head Clusters
We are tracking locations in Minnesota where groupings or 'clusters' of Red-Heads exist. If you know of a cluster of two or more breeding pairs of Red-Heads are nesting, let us know!
- Check Reported Locations to see whether the cluster has already been identified.
- If not, fill out the Cluster Documentation Form below and send it in.
In particular, if you're a golfer, our golf course coordinator wants to hear from you! If you're a golfer, let us know of any Red-Heads you see. More info here.
Reported Locations
Nesting Red-headed Woodpeckers are very territorial. They will defend their nesting, roosting and cache sites. Of course, they also have specific habitat needs. So, where habitat is good, concentrations of Red-Heads can be found fairly close together. Perhaps only hundreds of yards from pair-to-pair. This is known as a cluster.
Report A Red-Head Cluster
You can help us to identify Red-Head locations. Use the document above to report a cluster of nesting Red-Heads. Send it to us via email or postal mail and we'll put it onto our reported locations map.
When reporting a location, it's helpful if you can provide the GPS coordinates. For example, 45.89765453434688 latitude and -92.96630859375 longitude. You can use this link to zero in on the location and get the coordinates.