Lewis's Woodpecker Chaffee County

[Dan Stringer]

Yesterday in the town of Buena Vista (Chaffee Co) I went to a place where Joey Kellner had shown me Lewis's Woodpecker a couple winters ago. I saw two during my short afternoon visit. Also present were over 100 raucous Pinon Jays, foraging from ground to coniferous to deciduous, making more noise than I could stand if I lived nearby. 

Highway 24 runs through town, turn left on Brookdale Ave, R on N Pleasant Ave, Lewis's were in the dead branches and on a wooden power pole in the parking area of Congregational United Church.

Dan Stringer

Larkspur, CO

[Rudi Nuissl]

Thanks for the location. I was able to relocate the Lewis's Woodpecker quite quickly this morning in the tree in the back of the parking lot.