RE: [cobirds] Acorn Woodpecker Jefferson County, Hayman Fire area- yes

I don't know if anyone has seen the Acorn and/or Red-headed Woodpeckers since it was reported by Mark Chavez I believe on June 15th.  My wife (Laura) and I spent about 1 1/2 hours (10:30 am. to noon) looking for these birds this morning to no avail.  I'm not saying they were not there, we just did not see them.  I'm assuming there were reported just north of the small patch of forest on the north side of the road and that is what is being called a small grove of trees.

In honor of Norm, we did see a Northern Flicker which went into a cavity and a Hairy Woodpecker in that area plus a nice male Williamson's Sapsucker but no Acorn or Red-headed.  Perhaps they got tired of harassing each other and there certainly is a lot of habitat to move on to.  Also had a Mountain Bluebird and Sharp-shinned Hawk in that area plus a pair of Black-headed Grosbeaks, Townsend's Solitaires, and heard Warbling Vireos.  Between the junction at Cheeseman's Reservoir, also had an Rock Wren, American Kestrel, more Solitaires, and a nice male Western Bluebird.

It was an interesting trip and hope the birds are still around.  I think that the actual distance from the Cheeseman's Reservoir turnoff before being at the actual reservoir site is about 9 miles.  Further than we thought it would be.

Wayne Wathen

Highlands Ranch, CO

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To: lagh2@msn.com; cobirds@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [cobirds] Acorn Woodpecker Jefferson County, Hayman Fire area- yes
From: cobirds@googlegroups.com
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 23:56:22 -0400

Anyone looking for these birds might also check down the road a bit farther to the west; Wednesday, in addition to an Eric DeFonso sighting, I had a Lewis's Woodpecker (no relation) flycatching and moving from treetop to treetop.  The Lewis's was maybe a quarter mile from the Acorn/Redheads and made a sweet woodpecker triple, all within sight of one another.  I was really pullling for a downy, hairy and flicker so I could claim six simultaneous woodpeckers, but got the result one usually gets when over-reaching..... 

Norm Lewis

Lakewood, CO

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From: Lisa Edwards <lagh2@msn.com>
To: cobirds <cobirds@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Fri, Jun 13, 2014 3:33 pm
Subject: [cobirds] Acorn Woodpecker Jefferson County, Hayman Fire area- yes

All,    The Acorn Woodpecker was found again this morning in the same general area as   described below. It is continuing to try and hang out with a pair of Red-headed   Woodpeckers.     > 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.    Lisa Edwards  Palmer Lake, CO    --   You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups   "Colorado Birds" group.  To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email   to cobirds+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.  To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com.  To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/BLU436-SMTP352F97F1BF1EDDC3F92ED2F5150%40phx.gbl.  For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.  

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