The Return of the Williamson's Sapsuckers
A male WISA perched below the nest cavity. In 2004, a rare woodpecker called the Williamson's sapsucker (WISA) was spotted in the Nature Park. At that time, biologists believed that the species had been extirpated from the East Kootenay decades earlier, and finding one in the Park was pretty exciting. Over the next several years, KNPS volunteers actively looked for the birds, found some nesting sites, and shared their information with provincial biologists. In 2008, a 72-hect
