Earlier today, I took a quick trip south of Louviers and within 5 minutes of pulling up, and had great looks at the Lewis's Woodpecker in the same trees as a couple of years ago. Thanks Kirk for the heads up on the return of this bird!
Mark Chavez Lakewood-Green Mtn http://www.pbase.com/mark2929c ----- Original Message ----- From: Kirk Huffstater To: CoBirds Postings Sent: Fri, 6 Nov 2009 23:46:29 +0000 (UTC) Subject: [cobirds] Lewis's Woodpecker (Douglas Co.) & Marston Loons (Denver Co.) Howdy CoBirders, On my way up to Marston Lake this morning, I perused the "dead tree by the leaning tree" on the west side of Hwy-85, north of Sedalia and south of Louviers. Upon approaching at 55mph from quite a distance away, I noticed something dark in the top of the tree. As I slowed down a little and drew adjacent to the tree, the dark form swooped down and across Hwy-85, right in front of me.......a Lewis's Woodpecker! After birding with Tom Halverstadt last Sunday, I drove by the same tree, and saw a large, dark woodpecker flying west toward Plum Creek, but I could not positively ID the bird due to bad light and distance. Lewis's Woodpeckers frequented the very same tree a couple years ago, but have been absent for over a year; and now -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Colorado Field Ornithologists: http://www.cfo-link.org/ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.as/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
