Site Report: Grand Teton National Park

American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)

Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus)



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American Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus)

Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)

Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus)
National Park in Wyoming
Visits
- 2012-07-13: After a rainy night of camping, we were up and moving by sunrise. I was looking for an American Three-toed Woodpecker, but the guy at the visitor center did not want to understand my question about where I could find a burned out forest. He sent us to the Jenny Lake area where there were not any burned out trees. At the second visitor center, I was given some directions to a burned forest on a dirt road near Spalding Bay. We found the place pretty easily, though the road was not really good for our mid-sized passenger car. It was starting to get later in the day, and we still had several hours of driving ahead of us. So, I gave up on the search for the woodpeckers after about 45 minutes. Of course, on our walk back to the car, two of the woodpeckers appeared.... but too little too late as Scott is shut down in the ninth. Birds 12, Scott 10
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (18 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(18 records)
Class: Birds
(14 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Osprey
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(11 records)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis)
- Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana)
- Family: Kinglets
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Corthylio calendula)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
- Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
- American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Hammond's Flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii)
- Family: Wrens
- Northern House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(1 record)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- American Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides dorsalis)
Class: Mammals
(4 records)
- Order: Even-toed Ungalates and Cetacean
(2 records)
- Family: Cervidae
- Moose (Alces alces)
- Mule Deer (Odocoileus hemionus)
- Order: Rodents (2 records)