[obol] American Three-toed Woodpecker Bonanza in SW Washington

From: David Irons <llsdirons@xxxxxxx>
To: Tweeters <tweeters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, OBOL Oregon Birders Online <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2014 07:51:38 +0000

Greetings All,

Today, Shawneen Finnegan, Jim Danzenbaker, Kara Greer and I went up to the 
Trout Lake, Washington area. We did a little bit of birding down around Trout 
Lake, but we spent most of our time up on FR-8040 that takes off from FR-80 n. 
of Trout Lake and winds up the hill through the now nearly two year old Cascade 
Creek Burn on the south/southeast skirt of Mt. Adams. FR-8040 ends at the 
trailhead for South Trail #183, which leads to the summit of Mt. Adams. This is 
a popular staging area for mountain climbers. The last about three miles 
(starting from about a half mile below the lower restroom along the road) was 
alive with American Three-toed Woodpeckers today. We found at least twelve 
along this stretch, including two nests and couple of family groups. If you 
want to see Three-toeds, this is the place to go. 

I put together a field report with several photos that can be viewed by 
clicking on the first link below. The second link is to a more thorough 
write-up I did about this burn last summer. It includes a link to a Google Map 
that I made for the area. 

http://www.birdfellow.com/members/dave_irons/field_reports/877-a-return-to-the-cascade-creek-burn-29-june-2014

http://www.birdfellow.com/journal/2013/07/07/in_the_wake_of_fire_cascade_creek_burn_site_guide

Good birding,

Dave Irons
Portland, OR

[obol] American Three-toed Woodpecker Bonanza in SW Washington

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