Weld County Red headed woodpecker

[Rick Reeser]

I walked west along the Poudre Trail from 35th Avenue in Greeley today and saw a number of warblers (Yellow and yellow-rumped), some house wrens, shovelers, Western and Clark's Grebes, goldfinches, along with a red headed woodpecker.  I used to live in western Kansas along the Republican River where Red headed woodpeckers were not uncommon.  There were also a couple of pigeons about a quarter of a mile west of the parking lot sitting on some limbs overhanging the very high river.  They were brownish looking in the sun (at 10:30 AM), larger than Mourning doves, and I am wondering if the storms have brought in some Band Tailed pigeons.  What are some other's thoughts on that possibility?

Rick Reeser, Greeley