Red-Headed Woodpecker Recovery Info
The Red-Headed Woodpecker Recovery Program was established 2006 as a group within the Minneapolis Audubon chapter. We generally meet the second Wednesday of the month at Lunds Grocery in Edina (second floor above coffee shop).
Our initial focus is Red-Head recovery in Minnesota and the upper midwest. But we are happy to serve as a focal point for Red-Head recovery; until we get overwhelmed!
Our Goal
The goal of Red-Headed Woodpecker Recovery is to reverse the decline and encourage the recovery of Red-headed Woodpecker populations through the creation, preservation, and restoration of habitat, research, and public education.
Our Objectives
- Identify the specific habitat needs and evidence of the decline of the Red-headed Woodpecker (RHWO)
- Research habitat preferences/needs
- Gather evidence of species decline
- Identify state & national RHWO experts
- Locate existing clusters (more than one pair) of RHWO in Minnesota
- Visit and document cluster existence
- Document and photograph cluster habitat and nest sites
- Encourage the preservation and restoration of existing RHWO cluster habitat
- Develop Best Management Practices (BMPs)
- Distribute BMPs to appropriate landowners, golf course superintendents, nature centers, etc.
- Create an attractive 'appreciation certificate' for landowners, golf courses, nature centers, etc.
- Encourage the creation of new oak savannah and other habitats conducive to nesting RHWO populations
- Work with state and national groups concerned with RHWO recovery
- Contact Audubon, Nature Conservancy, NWR, DNR, SNA, DNR Non-Game, etc.
- Experiment with the creation and placement of nest boxes in appropriate areas to encourage RHWO nesting efforts.
- Design an appropriate nest box for RHWO
- Place and monitor boxes in a few select cluster areas
- Raise public awareness of the plight of the RHWO
- "Paper Session" at MN Ornithological Union
- Encourage newspaper/newsletter articles and other media attention
- Create an attractive patch or pin to be worn by birders
Adminstrative Info - Members only
Newsletters - The Red-Head
Description 2007 Winter Habitat and population trends Threats, reproduction, nesting 2007 Summer Site visits 2007 Fall Group goals, Cedar Creek, migration 2008 Winter Save the snags, Cedar Creek surveys 2008 Spring Cedar Creek nestboxes, Creating wildlife trees 2008 Summer (missing)
Meetings, Minutes and Miscellany
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