All - Good question SeEtta.
The answer is for the most part, neither. Definitely no burns in the area. The first group we saw/heard was in pines, some of which looked a little marginal. The remaining groups were all in a very mature, lush, mixed forest. As with most of the 3-toeds I see, they were busily flaking the bark off of what turns out to be Englemann Spruce. Today were were hiking again in Rocky Mountain NP (Larimer) between The Loch and Timberline Falls (~10300') when we saw another 3-toed, again in the spruce. Good birding, Kathy Mihm Dunning Denver On Aug 9, 6:04 pm, SeEtta Moss <[email protected]> wrote: > Kathy, > > This makes me wonder if the area was had experienced a recent burn or is it > a beetle kill area? > > SeEtta Moss > Canon Cityhttp://BirdsAndNature.blogspot.com > > On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 8:09 PM, Kathy and Jeff Dunning < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Greetings All > > > Today while hiking the Blue Lake Trail near Cameron Pass in Larimer > > County (http://www.fs.fed.us/r2/arnf/recreation/trails/clrd/bluelake.shtml > > ) > > we encountered a incredible number of Three-toed Woodpeckers. > > > We found the first about one mile up the trail (at around 6:30am) with > > several others calling in the vicinity. In the next three miles we > > saw at least seven more and in each location where we saw one, we > > heard others. Their handiwork in the form of flaked bark was visible > > all along the trail. We only heard a couple as we returned to the > > trailhead around noon. > > > Good birding, > > > Kathy and Jeff Dunning > > Denver- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Colorado County Birding: http://www.coloradocountybirding.com/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.as/group/cobirds?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
