On Apr 3, 8:01 pm, Andy Spellman <[email protected]> wrote: > After interviewing two local birders about the "Beetle Kill" area on Hwy 67 > in Douglas Count and the likelihood of seeing an American Three-toed > Woodpecker, my son Oliver and I struck out to try our luck. As it turns out, > we were successful in seeing one American Three-toed Woodpecker on the same > tree with a Hairy Woodpecker momentarily. The Hairy Woodpecker quickly > departed. The American Three-toed Woodpecker stuck around for us to get a > really good look. Thanks go out to Kirk Huffstater and Tom Bunker for > guiding me to the spot. It's less than one mile east of Rampart Range Road > on Highway 67. There is a grove of dead coniferous trees -- many with > numerous woodpecker holes in them just to the north of Hwy 67. Walk around a > bit and listen for the striking call of woodpeckers and follow the sound.
Andy Spellman Three of us did see 3 American Three-toed Woodpeckers at this location this morning, as well as 3 Williamson's Sapsuckers on both sides of the road, Thanks, Peter Gent. -- 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.com/group/cobirds?hl=en.
