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Last year, between January and March sometime, I saw a "flock" of woodpeckers.  They were small, black, red and white, but I don' t remember specific marks.  Are there any woodpeckers that migrate through New York?  I am in the Capital Region of New York, just south east of Albany.  I saw them before I started birdwatching.  I don't think they were any of the regulars I have here, Downy, Hairy, Red-bellied or Pileated.  I was just in awe that there were so many.  I would say there were at least 20 and as many as 30 in the group.  They were flitting from tree to tree around my yard until they moved on.    I know I haven't given many specifics, but there are not many woodpeckers that migrate, are there?  Sorry I don't have any pictures. I enjoyed watching them!  When I finally decided to go in and get the camera , they were gone by the time I got back.  Thanks

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Yellow-bellied sapsuckers migrate. It might have been them.

Absolutely could have been!  Thanks for the idea.  I have been looking for them, since they are found in my area but never connected them to the woodpeckers I saw last year.  I hope to see them again!

Thanks a bunch!

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I suppose I should add a little about why I believe yellow-bellied sapsuckers are right.  The birds I saw had more red and white than a downy or hairy, and I would have identified the redheaded as redheaded.  But I am unfamiliar with the YBSA.  The Pileated is too big and the red bellied looks a lot like the flickers I saw in Colorado and is a little too big.  Also, we were collecting sap from our maple trees last year about the same time.  Thanks Corbett for your help.

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