I saw a post about them here. One of the locations was near Blockhouse Lake, which is in the Chequamegon-Nicolet NF unit east of Park Falls in Price County. Blockhouse Lake is noted as a place where the boreal species supposedly roam, although I don't see ebird reports to confirm it. http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/onthetrail.html See here, I see the DNR has some info: -----Original Message----- From: wisbirdn-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wisbirdn-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of tuttech@xxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 9:00 PM To: polarpastor@xxxxxxxxx; andypaulios@xxxxxxxxx Cc: Wisbirdn Subject: [wisb] Re: Fires up north and Black-backed Woodpeckers ---- Nancy Richmond <polarpastor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Andy - > How can we find out specific locations for fires? Any place online with > detailed maps of recent fires? > This is definitely a great way to find Black-backed and 3 Toed Woodpeckers. > Last fall and the fall before Jeff and I went up on the Gunflint Trail and > in the Boundary Waters of N. Minnesota seeking out burned over areas. And we > found quite a few of these northern woodpeckers in the recent burns. > > Nancy Richmond > Polar - Langlade Co. > > On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Andy P <andypaulios@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Hi Folks, > > > > With the prolonged drought up north there have been an increase in fires > > this year. It may pay to keep track of those fire locations and check them > > over the upcoming season for Black-backed or Three-toed Woodpeckers. > > > > Andy Paulios > > Madison, WI > > > > > > > > > > #################### > > You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding > > Network (Wisbirdn). > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. > > To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: > > //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. > > Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn. > > > > > > > > > #################### > You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). > To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. > To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. > Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn. > > #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn. #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn.