Y'all kinda' short on birds over there huh? Seriously, not that wooepeckers are common here, but I can probably find one with 20 minutes in most woods around here. And Liz, I need to get you over here and we'll go the the Buzzard Fest in Hinckley, Ohio.....just up the road about a hundred miles. every year in March, like the swallows at Capistrano, the buzzards return to Hinckley!!! Google it and you'll get a real kick out of it.
Last year at an auto race, a short track oval, a hawk flew directly along the stands at a height of only about 8 to 10 feet. He appeared out of virtually nowhere and passed the entire length of the stands, landingin a tree in turn 4. He stretched a bit and preened while the cars raced around and then preceded to sit there for the rest of the race.