American Three-toed Woodpecker Sightings 2000-07
Jefferson County
- American Three-toed Woodpecker Pike National Forest (PNF) & Pine Valley Ranch Park (PV) (M. Brown)
See Trail Maps
(adult & fledgling female) (PNF) --Strawberry Jack Tr/200 yds/south/Park View Tr (M. Brown/Stevens) (first 7/27) last 8/5
(adult female) (PNF) --southeast/Buck Gulch Tr/150 yds/north/Skipper Tr (M. Brown) first 7/13
(adult female) (PNF) --50 ft/east/Buck Gulch Tr/200 yds/north/Skipper Trr (Stevens) last 6/28
(adult male) (PNF) --30 ft/south/Strawberry Jack Trr/300 yds/east/Buck Gulch Tr (Stevens) last 6/28
(adult male) (PNF) --90 yds/southwest of decaying footbridge (M. Brown) first 6/16
(adult female) (PNF) --100 ft/east/Buck Gulch Tr/100 yds/north/Skipper Tr (M. Brown) first 6/8
(adult male) (PNF) --400 ft/south/Skipper Tr/400 yds/east/Buck Gulch Tr (Stevens) first 6/8
(adult male) (PVR) --200 yds/south/Pine Lake (Weston) last 5/31
(adult male) (PNF) --south/Strawberry Jack Tr/150 yds/south/Parkview Tr (M. Brown) first 5/11
(1) (PVR) --Parkview Tr/100 yds/north/Strawberry Jack Tr (M. Brown) first 5/11
(adult female) (PNF) --20 ft/east/Buck Gulch Tr/150 yds/north/Skipper Tr (M. Brown) first 4/30
(adult male) (PNF) --100 yds/east/Buck Gulch Tr/180 yds/north/Skipper Tr (M. Brown) first 4/30
(adult male) (PNF) --20 ft/west/Buck Gulch TR/150 yds/south/Park Boundary Sign (M. Brown/Stuart) (first 3/18) last 4/16
(adult female) (PNF) --same as above (Stevens) first 3/22
(adult female) (PNF) --100 ft/north/Strawberry Jack tr/250 yds/south/Parkview tr (M. Brown/Warring) last 3/7
(adult female) (PNF) --20 ft/south/Strawberry Jack Tr/200 yds/west/Parkview Tr (Zeeto) last 3/5
(1 heard) --east/Buck Gulch Tr/300 yds/south/Pine Lake Tr (Zeeto) last 3/5
(adult male) (PNF) --50 ft/east/Buck Gulch Tr/200 yds/north/Skipper Tr (M. Brown) last 2/16
(adult male) (PNF) --Strawberry Jack Tr/300 yds/east/Buck Gulch Tr (Simmons) last 12/27
(male) (PVR) --Buck Gulch Tr; halfway between Pine Lake & Strawberry Jack Trails (Cross) last 1/18
(adult female) (PNF) --100 ft/south/Strawberry Jack Tr/200 yds/south/Parkview Tr (M. Brown) last 11/24/2008
(adult female) (PVR) --15 ft/north/Strawberry Jack Tr/200 yds/west/Parkview Tr (Stevens) last 10/21
(adult female) (PVR) --20 yds/south/Strawberry Jack Tr/300 yds/west/Parkview Tr (Weston) last 10/17
(adult male) (PNF) --30 yds/east/Buck Gulch Tr/150 yds/north/Skipper Tr (M. Brown) last 10/16
(adult f) (PNF) --South/Strawberry Jack Tr/200 yds west/Parkview Tr (Jenkins) last 10/6
(adult f) (PNF) --Strawberry Jack Tr/150-170 yds south of Parkview Tr/heading south (M. Brown/Stevens) last 9/30
(adult f) --Strawberry Jack Tr, 200 yds north/Parkview Tr (Stevens) last 9/20
(1) (PVR) --uphill/closed gate/west end/Narrow Gauge Tr (Stevens) last 9/17
(adult male) (PNF) --50 ft/west/Strawberry Jack Tr/100 yds/south/Parkview Tr (M. Brown) last 8/25
(adult male, fledgling) (PNF) --200 yds/east/Skipper & Buck Gulch Tr (M. Brown) last 8/5/2008
- Black-backed Woodpecker (male) --Pike National Forest (Brown) (first 5/30/1999) last 7/16/1999
(possibly heard 7/22 & 7/26/2001; Tramway/FR 543 to Gashouse Gulch Trail)
- American Three-toed Woodpecker Meyer Ranch Open Space (M. Brown) first 4/15/2003
(50 ft/East/Lodgepole Loop Tr; 100 yds/West/Sunny Aspen Trail) (male) (M. Brown) first 10/26/2008
end of loop/Old Ski Run Tr (M. Brown) first 10/26 (M. Brown) first 10/26
American Three-toed Woodpecker (female) (M. Brown) first 6/19
(Old Ski Run Tr; 300 yds South/Sunny Aspen Tr (M. Brown) first 6/19
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --Reynolds Park (M. Brown)
(Adult male: 50 ft/west/Eagle's View/90 yds/south/Raven's Roost & Oxen Draw Tr (M. Brown) last 5/5
(0.1 miles/south/intersection of service road & Eagle's View) (Stevens) first 4/23
(within 50 feet of Oxen Draw, Eagle's View & Raven's Roost trails (Stevens) last 3/24/2009
(Eagle's View, 600 yds/uphill/above intersection) (Stevens) last 3/24
(adult male) --(100 ft+/northwest of top (old) end of Eagle's View Trail)
(ad f) --15 yds/north/Oxen Draw Tr/20 yds/east/junction w/Raven's Roost & Eagle's View (Stevens) last 10/27
(ad f) --10-15 ft/north/Oxen Draw Tr/140 yds/east/junction w/Raven's Roost & Eagle's View Tr (Brown) (first 8/27) last 8/31
(female) --Raven's Roost Tr/20 ft/north/junction/Eagle's View & Oxen Draw Tr (M. Brown) last 11/7
(one) 130 yds/south/Oxen Draw & Raven's Roost tr (Zeeto) first 8/23
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (5) (Ehlmann/Stevens) (first 6/22) last 6/29
(Cheesman Canyon Trail; Hwy 126 to Reservoir)
- American Three-toed Woodpecker
--Summit of Pleasant Park Road up High Grade Road --picnic area across from old school house (Sherry) first 6/23/2009
El Paso County
- American Three-toed Woodpecker
--North Cheyenne Mountain Park (Luck) first 1/11
Routt County
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (30) --Buffalo Pass
(A. Spencer/Hilf) (first 7/9) reported earlier 7/28/2007
Grand County
- American Three-toed Woodpecker
--Rabbit Ears Pass (Stevens/Story) last 11/8/2008
(19) --Buffalo Park (Hilf) (first 7/28) 5; last 8/17/2007
(1) --County Road 83/300 yards west of Devil's Thumb Ranch (T. Jones) first 7/17/2007
(2) --Gore Pass; near mile marker 14 (Beason) first 7/12/2007
(2 males) --Adams Falls (Modesitt) first 7/16/2005
(2 males feeding juvenile) --Columbine Lake Trail (Hicks) first 7/23/2001
Boulder County
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --Brainard Lake (Floyd) first 7/3/2009
(around monument for Chief Little Raven, south of lake)
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --Walker Ranch Burn Area
(2f, 1m+) --Walker Ranch Burn Area (Floyd) last 1/11/2003
(male) --mile marker 8.0 (Plage/Stevens) last 11/3/2002
(up to 4) --(Heinrich/Bell) (first 1/29) last 2/10/2002
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --JC Lunning Trail at Long LakeLong Lake; JC Lunning Trail
(100 yds up Pawnee Pass trail from Long Lake Trailhead) (Dunning) last 9/4
(1) --JC Lunning Trail at Long Lake (Rienbolt/Petrosky) (first 7/25/2006) last 8/3/2006
--JC Lunning Trail at Long Lake (Petrosky) first 6/19/2006
(1) --Lunning Tr/Long Lake (Carstensen/Stevens) (first 7/1/2005) last 8/6
Larimer County
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (8+) (Dunning/B. Arnold) (first 8/8) last 8/21
- (Latest: 1-1.25 miles up trail; anywhere from 1 to 3 miles up is good)
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --Montgomery Pass Trail (Stevens) first 10/18/2008
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (4) --Montgomery Pass Trail --9/10 mile up trail (Bell) first 7/27/2008
- American Three-toed Woodpecker
Browns Park Campgrounds
(Thurston-Moench/Danka) (first 7/29) last 9/2
(Thurston-Moench) first 7/29
(West branch trailhead; 5.0 miles north/Laramine Road & Hwy 14)
- American Three-toed Woodpecker
--east side (Stevens/Mazzola) (first 6/11) reported 7/8/2009
--East Side of Chambers Lake--first pullover along CR 103/North Hwy 14 (Weston) first 6/28/2008
--Lost Lake --below dam (Leatherman) first 7/21/2009
--Twin Lakes Trail --north of Laramie Lake (Leatherman) first 7/21/2009
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --Tunnel Campground
(1) --campsites 15 & 17 (Keirn) first 8/13/2005
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --Red Feather Lakes Area
(male) --Dowdy Lake at Red Feathers Lake (Stevens:Simmons) first 6/16/2002
(male) --North of Dowdy Lake (S. Spencer:Williams) first 8/2/2001
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --Mt. Crosier Trail
(up to 3) --Mt. Crosier Trail (Dick/S. Spencer) (first 2/21/2002) last 3/24/2002
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --Rocky Mountain National Park (Get Map at Entrance Station)
Little Horseshoe Park/30 yds from shed) (Fink) (first 5/30) NOT 6/3/2008
Bear Lake Pulloff at Rocky Mountain National Park; downslope/parking area (Harris) first 12/20/2005
(1) --Bog Pond Area (Roederer/Stevens) last 9/12/2002
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --Rocky Mountain National Park; Wild Basin (Stevens) first 8/20
(1.0 miles west of Ranger's Station; dead trees to north)
Jackson County
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --Colorado State Forest
Colorado State Forest Visitor's Center (Stevens/Leatherman) (first 11/5) last 3/16/2008
east/Ruby Jewell Rd & Michigan Crk Rd (Michaels/Danka) (first 8/12) last 9/2/2007
Michigan Crk/end of Michigan Crk Road (Michaels) first 8/11
Huerfano County
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --Upper Bartlett Trailhead (Drummond) first 7/18
Pueblo County
- Three-toed Woodpecker --Old San Isabel Road (4.25 miles West of Hwy 165)(Silverman) first 7/7/2005
Clear Creek County
- American Three-toed Woodpecker ----Butler Gulch (Elliott) first 8/1
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --Echo Lake campground; Mt. Evans Road
- (1) --Mt. Evans Road (Closed at Echo Lake for winter)--Echo Lake parking lot (Hackos) last 8/1/2008
- (1) --Mt. Evans Road (Closed at Echo Lake for winter)--campgrounds (Ehlmann/Owdom) (first 7/13) last 7/14
(1) (S. Spencer/Stevens) last 7/24
(Latest: North side lake; also check near power lines/West side lake & campgrounds)
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --Mt. Evans Wildlife Area
(adult female feeding juvenile male) (M. Brown) first 7/17/2001
(3/4 mile up road from main parking area)
Summit County
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --A.M. Bailey Bird Sanctuary; see directions
--at Rock Creek (Tuber) first 8/23/2009
--(halfway from trailhead to Sanctuary) (Danka/Cozza) (first 7/2) last 7/22/2009
(1) --(Between trailhead and sanctuary) (Petrosky/Stevens) (first 7/18) last 9/22/2008
(1) --at Sanctuary/west of Creek (Petrosky/Stevens) (first 7/18) last 9/22
(adult male) --150 yds/up from Trailhead (Ryan) first 7/28/2008
Delta County
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --Island Lake Campground; Grand Mesa (Kogler) first 6/13/2004
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --Overland Reservoir (2) (Ackley) first 8/5/2001
Chaffee County
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (pair) --Monarch Pass; upper parking lot (A. Spencer) first 7/13
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (f) --Cottonwood Pass & Ptarmigan Lake Trail--mile up from trailhead (Schott) first 7/9
Montrose County
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --Uncompahgre Plateau, Montrose Side--Forest Road 402 & Transfer Road (Zerbi) reported 7/10/2005
Gunnison County
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --Powderhorn Lakes Campground (4.5 mi hike from the end of CR 58) (Gubanyi) first 6/24/2002
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (female) --Lake Irwin (Leukering:Faulkner) first 11/4/2000
Eagle County
- American Three-toed Woodpecker ----Lost Lake Trail (Ormes) first 6/28
La Plata County
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (2) Vallecito Reservoir--eastern side (Beatty) first 1/11
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