Re: [cobirds] Acorn Woodpecker- directions

Seven eager birders were happy to see the female Acorn Woodpecker, right at the described spot, late this morning.

The roads there may need to dry out a bit to make your journey less slippery. Also I am pleased to report thatthe kids shooting rifles at trees as they roamed the valley hit neither the birders nor the cattle. With gunfire in the air, it felt like a re-enactment of Omaha Beach.

Thanks to Jean Langel for finding this bird, probably the one seen right at the same place last summer and also to Tom Halverstadt who spread the word last summer after he discovered this woodpeckery place.

The Acorn Woodpecker may be the same individual that was seen at a home right along the South Platte in 2012 or 2013, over the nearby ridge. Does anyone who saw the birds in past years remember the sex or have photos?

Could the bird be here all year round, or might she head south in the company of the Red-headed Woodpeckers?

Joe Roller,

Denver

On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 10:49 AM, Jean Langel <jeanlangel@gmail.com> wrote:

I posted directions from what Joe had posted looking at the map it shows both sightings in the same place and actually we were on the other road sorry didn't realize the maps placement..

Take Stony Pass Road head West when you get to the Y you stay to the right don't take Goose Creek Road.  You will come up to a larger parking area on the right (I think is parking for an unofficial camping area-) there is a second small parking  just down the hill (it is marked with small brown sign with a "P") by small grove of trees on North side of the road. If you cross the creek you have gone to far.  The Acorn was hanging out with the Red Headed pair of Woodpeckers on the North side just to the west of that parking area..

Happy Birding.

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