American Three-toed Woodpecker Sightings 2009-2011
Jefferson County
- American Three-toed Woodpecker Pike National Forest (PNF) & Pine Valley Ranch Park (PV) (M. Brown)
- (PVR) --northwest/upper switchbacks/Strawberry Jack Tr (Petrosky) first 4/4
- (PVR) --Strawberry Jack Tr/250 yds/south/Parkview Tr (Petrosky) first 4/4
- (PVR) (adult female) --40 Ft South/Strawberry Jack Tr/30 yds/West/Parkview Tr (M. Brown) first 3/22
- (PVR) --60 Ft North/Strawberry Jack Tr/100 yds/East/Buck Gulch Tr (M. Brown) first 2/17
- (PNF) --Junction/Strawberry Jack & Parkview Tr/flew toward Pine Lake (M. Brown) first 2/17
- (PNF) --30 yds/east/Strawberry Jack Tr/150 yds/south/Parkview Tr (Stevens) first 2/11
- (PNF) --30 ft/south/Strawberry Jack Tr/120 yds/south of Parkview Tr (M. Brown/Washburn) (first 2/5) again 2/10
- (PVR) --Strawberry Jack Tr/20 yds/southeast of Buck Gulch Tr (M. Brown) first 2/5
- (PNF) (adult male) --50 feet/southeast/Strawberry Jack Tr/180 yds/south/Parkview Tr (M. Brown) first 12/5
- (PNF) --20 yds/east/Buck Gulch Tr/200 yds/south/Park Boundary Sign (Stevens) last 11/24
- (PNF) --100 yds/east/Strawberry Jack Tr/300 yds/south/Parkview Tr (Stevens) last 11/18
- (PNF) --50 yds/southeast/Strawberry Jack Tr/100 yds/south/Pineview Tr (M. Brown) first 9/24
- (PVR) --Buck Gulch Tr/100 yds/south Pine Lake Loop (Stevens) first 9/10
- (PVR) --Strawberry Jack Tr/70 yds/uphill of switchbacks (Stevens) first 9/10
- (PNF) --Strawberry Jack Tr/160 yds/south/Parkview Tr (M. Brown/Stevens) last 9/10
- (PNF) (adult female) --40 yds/south/Strawberry Jack Tr/160 yds/south/Parkview Tr (M. Brown/Chapman) last 8/26
- (PNF) (adult male) --40 yds/east/Buck Gulch Tr/150 yds/south/Park Boundary Sign (M. Brown) first 8/16
- (PNF) (adult male) --80 yds/south/Strawberry Jack Tr/200 yds/south/Parkview Tr (M. Brown) last 7/11
- (PVR) (female) --Strawberry Jack trail/10-30 yds SE/Buck Gulch trail) (M. Brown/Stevens) (first 5/10) last 6/23
- (PVR) (female) --northwest/Strawberry Jack & Parkview Trails (Sanchez:Upchurch) first 6/3
- (PVR) (adult male) --Buck Gulch Tr/60 yards south of Pine Lake Loop, 20 yards west of trail) (M. Brown/Stevens) (first 1/30) last 2/27
- (PNF) (adult female) --25 yds/north/Strawberry Jack Trr/120 yds/southwest/Parkview Trr) (M. Brown) first 2/17/2012
- (PVR) (adult male) --Strawberry Jack Tr/below switchbacks/east/Buck Gulch Tr (Stevens) first 1/5/2012
- 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 Reynolds Park
- (9/14: M. Brown; Oxen Draw Tr/40 yds/south/Eagle's View & Raven's Roost Tr)
- (8/2: Stevens; 20 yards south/Oxen Draw Trail, north of Eagle's View & Raven's Roost Trail Intersection)
- (7/16: Boyer; male just southeast of Eagle's View & Oxen Draw trails)
- (7/13: Stevens; heard/Raven's Roost/100 yds/south/Old Service Road)
- (7/1: M. Brown; male: southeast/intersection/Eagle's View, Oxen Draw & Raven's Roost)
- (female: 20 feet/west/Eagle's View Tr/140 yds/south/Raven's Roost & Oxen Draw Tr) (M. Brown) last 5/22
- (Eagle's View Trail, just before meadow area)(female) (Stevens) last 5/1/2011
- (Newer extension of Eagle's View trail at 200 feet northwest of Raven's Roost Trail) first 5/25
- (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
- (Eagle's View Trail, just before meadow area) first 4/20/2011
- (newer section/Eagle's View Tr; 1/3 west/junction/Raven's Roost/famale north of Trr; 2nd bird heard only) (M. Brown) 9/8/2010
- (within 50 feet of Oxen Draw, Eagle's View & Raven's Roost trails (Stevens) last 3/24/2009
- American Three-toed Woodpecker Upper Maxwell Falls Trail
- (halfway parking lot to falls) (Keithler) first 8/16/2011
- American Three-toed Woodpecker Cheesman Reservoir
- (2) Cheesman Canyon Trail (Stevens) first 8/29/2012
- (2) Cheesman Canyon Trail (Ehlmann) first 10/9/2011
- (Cheesman Canyon Trail; Hwy 126 to Reservoir) (Stevens) first 4/2/2011
- (Cheesman Canyon Trail; Hwy 126 to Reservoir) (5) (Ehlmann/Stevens) (first 6/22) last 6/29/2010
- 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
- Summit of Pleasant Park Road up High Grade Road --picnic area across from old school house (Sherry) first 6/23/2009
Boulder County
- American Three-toed Woodpecker --Settlers Park, Boulder
- see directions (Mlodinow/(Wilberding) (first 8/16/2012) last 10/4/2012
- American Three-toed Woodpecker Boulder Mountain Park
- (Burned trees along Bear Peak West Ridge) (Nunes) first 2/10/2013
- Green Mountain Trail (Ely) first 5/9/2012
- (0.65 of a mile down the West Ridge Trail)
- (down ponderosa/west of amphitheater/top of Flagstaff Mt) (Cruz) first 9/4
- American Three-toed Woodpecker Gold Hill Area
- (Frye) first 7/19/2011
- American Three-toed Woodpecker Wild Basin
- west of Copeland Lake (Floyd) first 3/10/2012
- (Kathy Dunning) first 1/14/2011
- (female: east/"camper trail" joins Ouzel Falls trail; 2.3 miles from winter parking lot)
- (male: Copeland Falls trail re-joins Ouzel Falls trail; 1.5 miles from parking lot)
- American Three-toed Woodpecker Brainard Lake
- (3) --Brainard Lake (Floyd) last 9/8/2012
- (female) --Long Lake west side (Waltman) first 9/26/2011
- (Where Jean Lunning Trail branches off the Pawnee Pass Trail) (Dunning) first 7/31/2011
- (Trailhead of Long Lake, west side of Brainard Lake) (male) (Floyd) first 7/10/2011
- Trailhead for Long Lake (Stevens) first 11/17/2010
- (around monument for Chief Little Raven, south of lake) (Floyd) first 7/3/2009
Clear Creek County
- American Three-toed Woodpecker Echo Lake Campgrounds
- Campgrounds (Stevens) 12/25/2010
- American Three-toed Woodpecker Guanella Pass
- Guanella Pass Campgrounds (Stevens/Washburn) (first 5/10) last 8/30/2012
- Campgrounds (Stevens) 6/21/2011
- Gate Near Duck Lake 1.6 miles south of Summit) (Watson) 3/1/2010
- Gate Near Duck Lake (Maynard) 1/31/2010
El Paso County
- American Three-toed Woodpecker North Cheyenne Canon Park
- See Directions (Luck) first 1/11/2009
Las Animas County
- American Three-toed Woodpecker North Fork of Purgatoire River Trail Toward Trinchera Peak
- around 11,000 feet (Nikolai) (first 7/22) last 7/23/2012
Gilpin County
- American Three-toed Woodpecker Golden Gate Canyon State Park (Gilpin Cty section)
- see directions (Shade/Lamoureux) (first 7/8) last 7/13/2010
Chaffee County
- American Three-toed Woodpecker
- (pair) (Stevens/Harris) (first 4/28) last 5/13/2012
- (2nd pullover over pass/south side of hwy 50) Monarch Pass (Watson/Marks) (first 4/6) last 5/19/2011
Saguache County
- American Three-toed Woodpecker Dome Lakes Wildlife Area
- (pair) (Weston) first 7/26/2011
- American Three-toed Woodpecker Marshall Pass
- near summit (Petrosky) first 6/20/2012
- (pair) (Weston) first 7/16/2011
Grand County
- American Three-toed Woodpecker Monarch Lake
- American Three-toed Woodpecker Rabbit Ears Pass
- Road to Maintenance Shed (Stevens/Henderson) (first 2/23) last 5/6/2011
- Road to Maintenance Shed (Stevens) last 7/28/2010
Gunnison County
- American Three-toed Woodpecker Kebler Pass
- (just west of Irwin Cemetery) (Petrosky/Stevens) (first 6/28) last 7/4/2012
- just west of old cemetery (Stevens) 7/22/2011
- just west of old cemetery (Ehlmann) 6/29/2010
- just west of old cemetery (Ehlmann) 7/24/2009
- American Three-toed WoodpeckerTaylor Park Reservoir Area
- Lake View Campgrounds (Petrosky) 6/24/2012
- Lake View Campgrounds (Weston) 7/19/2011
Jackson County
- American Three-toed Woodpecker Colorado State Forest
- (male) (Bribitzer-Stull/Heylen) (first 3/16) 2; last 4/4/2012
- (first pullout signed "Slow Vehicle Pullout", driving East from Gould)
- Ranger Lakes (Petrosky/Stevens) (first 1/17) last 1/31/2012
- Colorado State Forest Visitor's Center (Stevens) first 2/5/2011
- Ruby Jewell Road (Stevens) first 9/27/2010
- Colorado State Forest Visitor's Center (Ehlmann) first 7/6/2010
Larimer County
- American Three-toed Woodpecker Rocky Mountain National Park
- (one mile up the Alluvial Fan trail; trail to Lawn Lake) (Pat Kemmesat) first 10/15
- (1 & nest) --Lake Irene picnic area (Griffin) last 7/12/2012
- (Trail from Bear Lake to Bierstadt Lake) (3) (Severs/Stevens) (first 5/29) last 6/28/2012
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- Tunnel Campground
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (Petrosky) first 9/29/2012
- Montgomery Pass Trail
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (2) --mile from trailhead (Vandegehuchte) first 5/6/2012
- American Three-toed Woodpecker Chambers Lake
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- East Side of Lake (Ehlmann) 10/2/2011
- East Side of Lake (Stevens/Washburn) (first 6/28/2011) 7/23/2011
- East Side of Lake (Stevens) first 6/11/2009
- American Three-toed Woodpecker Zimmerman Lake Loop Trail
- (north of fork in trail) (Ehlmann) first 11/25/2012
- (2, near trailhead fork) (Petrosky) first 9/29/2012
- (near trailhead fork (Washburn) 7/23/2011
- Near Trailhead (Stevens) first 8/12/2010
- American Three-toed Woodpecker Red Feather Lakes
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- Deadman Road (Hall) first 7/10/2011
- Deadman Road (Hall) first 7/2/2010
Mesa County
- American Three-toed Woodpecker Powderhorn Ski Area on the Grand Mesa
- (pair) --Island Lake Trailhead (Deininger) last 11/22
- (pair) --(County Line Trail; intersection of trails #2,#3 & Glade) (Ritt) first 8/31
- (3) -(Crag Crest Loop: 1.25 miles from west trailhead on lower loop) (Korte) first 8/10
- Upper Parking Area (Stevens/Aquila) (first 4/13) last 6/21/2011
- --Behind maintenance shed/southwest corner of the Powderhorn Ski Area) (Stevens) last 5/17
- Upper Parking Area (Stevens) first 5/10/2010
- Upper Parking Area (Stevens) first 11/3/2009
Routt County
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (30) Buffalo Pass
- (7) (Ehlmann/Stevens) (first 8/21/2012) 9, last 10/21/2012
- (Ehlmann/Stevens) (first 7/29/2010)
- (Hilf) first 8/2/2008
Summit County
- American Three-toed Woodpecker A.M. Bailey Bird Sanctuary
- (halfway between parking lot and Sanctuary) (Michaels/Zeeto) (first 7/21) last 9/21/2012
- 1/3 of trail/north parking lot (Petrosky) first 7/19/2011
- just past trailhead (Zeeto) 7/2/2011
- (halfway from trailhead to Sanctuary) (Danka/Cozza) (first 7/2) last 7/22/2009
La Plata County
- American Three-toed Woodpecker Forebay Reservoir
- (Morris) last 10/8/2012
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