Monday 31 May 2021

[cobirds] Red-headed woodpeckers, Young Gulch, Larimer CO

On Saturday in Young Gulch, Poudre Canyon, two of us observed two red-headed woodpeckers chasing each other in some kind of courtship display. Occasionally they would land in a tall dead ponderosa. This was about noon, between 2.8 and 3 miles from the parking lot. They were also harassing two Lewis' woodpeckers in the same area. This was viewed on the east side of the trail/creek in a former burned area. That same day there were at least 8-10 Lazuli buntings and even more Western tanagers.

Last year, 2020, at about the same time frame, the red-headed woodpeckers were observed in a tree hole presumably nesting, in exactly the same area.

Libby Edwards
Fort Collins
Larimer County

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