September 15, 2009
Gary Weston: Jeffrey Cannon, Richard Stevens and I went looking for owls along Highway 67 (Deckers Road). Richard had past waypoints on four Northern Pygmy-Owl locations. Two of them turned out to be successful. We got to see a Northern Pygmy-Owl on the east side of Hwy 67 just after it turns from a paved road to gravel.
We carried on south and arrived at Cheesman Canyon Trail parking lot about an hour after sunrise. First we walked Highway 126 up to the green trailer west of the trailhead parking lot. In past years Lewis's Woodpeckers and Red-headed Woodpeckers have been reported south of the road. Regrettably, we found neither.
We then made the long journey up Cheesman Canyon Road to the Reservoir. Forest fires have devastated the trail. This proved to be a good thing for Three-toed Woodpeckers who like to forage among the dead trees. Our Three-toed Woodpecker count ended up being 4!
There wasn't much activity at the reservoir. We found a few Red-breasted Nuthatches and White-breasted Nuthatches foraging in the surrounding trees. Nothing was on the water and there was no shore for shorebirds to use.
Gary Weston: Jeffrey Cannon, Richard Stevens and I went looking for owls along Highway 67 (Deckers Road). Richard had past waypoints on four Northern Pygmy-Owl locations. Two of them turned out to be successful. We got to see a Northern Pygmy-Owl on the east side of Hwy 67 just after it turns from a paved road to gravel.
We carried on south and arrived at Cheesman Canyon Trail parking lot about an hour after sunrise. First we walked Highway 126 up to the green trailer west of the trailhead parking lot. In past years Lewis's Woodpeckers and Red-headed Woodpeckers have been reported south of the road. Regrettably, we found neither.
We then made the long journey up Cheesman Canyon Road to the Reservoir. Forest fires have devastated the trail. This proved to be a good thing for Three-toed Woodpeckers who like to forage among the dead trees. Our Three-toed Woodpecker count ended up being 4!
There wasn't much activity at the reservoir. We found a few Red-breasted Nuthatches and White-breasted Nuthatches foraging in the surrounding trees. Nothing was on the water and there was no shore for shorebirds to use.
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