SE Colorado Birding: Lamar Woods & Red-headed Woodpeckers

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Lamar Woods & Red-headed Woodpeckers

I started birding at 6:30 am this morning at Lamar Woods, the premier migrant trap located behind Lamar Jr. College. One of the first birds I saw, and heard, this morning was the Red-headed Woodpecker in this pic. The pic is best seen by double-clicking it to enlarge it. It vocalized loudly and interacted with another Red-headed Woodpecker indicating a possible breeding pair. More on these Red-heads later.
SeEtta

Labels: Lamar Woods, Red-headed Woodpecker

Why bird southeast Colorado?

From our high montane areas to the riparian areas along the Arkansas River as it exits Colorado, southeast Colorado offers birding opportunities for beginners to those serious birders who seek out the less common species. We have great shortgrass and sandsage prairie birding including public areas on the Comanche National Grasslands. We have wetlands including playa lakes (playas are important shallow, depressional wetlands that provide essential habitat for waterfowl and many other bird species). We have small lakes (such as Lake Cheraw north of La Junta)and large lakes (such as John Martin Reservoir that encompasses 35 square miles) that host an impressive diversity of bird species. And we have large expanses of pinyon-juniper woodlands with their special birding opportunities.

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