May 2, 2013
Richard Stevens:
The Miller brothers (Bob & Jan) and I headed southwest to Pine Valley Ranch Park (Jefferson County). They were not able to find an American Three-toed Woodpecker yesterday during the snowstorm.
Skies were clear today; temperatures were in the 50s. It took less than 20 minutes to locate a Three-toed Woodpecker up the hill south of Pine Lake. The distinctive drumming carried quite well in the windless morning. Their drumming sounds like the flicking of a door stop spring in that it tails off after a loud start!
No Northern Pygmy-Owls were found while we checked Buck Gulch Trail to Strawberry Jack Trail and the Narrow Gauge Trail west to the closed boundary sign.
Our next target bird was a Williamson's Sapsucker. A male came in rather quickly after I briefly (15 seconds) played a Williamson's Sapsucker recording.
A flock of six Red Crossbills (4 males & 2 females) added a bonus to our morning. We also found all three species of common Nuthatches, Pine Siskins, Mountain Chickadees and even two Black-capped Chickadees.
Richard Stevens:
The Miller brothers (Bob & Jan) and I headed southwest to Pine Valley Ranch Park (Jefferson County). They were not able to find an American Three-toed Woodpecker yesterday during the snowstorm.
Skies were clear today; temperatures were in the 50s. It took less than 20 minutes to locate a Three-toed Woodpecker up the hill south of Pine Lake. The distinctive drumming carried quite well in the windless morning. Their drumming sounds like the flicking of a door stop spring in that it tails off after a loud start!
No Northern Pygmy-Owls were found while we checked Buck Gulch Trail to Strawberry Jack Trail and the Narrow Gauge Trail west to the closed boundary sign.
Our next target bird was a Williamson's Sapsucker. A male came in rather quickly after I briefly (15 seconds) played a Williamson's Sapsucker recording.
A flock of six Red Crossbills (4 males & 2 females) added a bonus to our morning. We also found all three species of common Nuthatches, Pine Siskins, Mountain Chickadees and even two Black-capped Chickadees.
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