San Diego, CA and Lake Tahoe, NV in October (1 Viewer)

I'll only be spending a few days in San Diego in mid October and then a week on Lake Tahoe in Nevada.

I am really hoping to spot some west-coast Woodpecker species. In particular, Lewis' Woodpecker, Acorn Woodpecker Nuttall's Woodpecker and Red-breasted Sapsucker.

I'm willing to sit on an ant hill all day long for a Nuttall's or a R-b Sapsucker!

Any good spot tips with first-hand accounts of the WPs would be appreciated.

TIA!

Hi Terry - that will be a nice trip - be sure to check out Joe Morlan's Birding in California pages for San Diego and Placer Counties. URL is:
http://fog.ccsf.edu/~jmorlan/

Also, try going direct to Birding Pal (see resources in top bar of BF) and contact the Birding Pals in both places.

If you have time while you are in San Diego you might also want to get east of San Diego into the Laguna Mountains to see woodpecers - between San Diego and Anza Borrego. Around Lake Tahoe on the east side - go up in elevation and you should find woodpeckers.

The BF San Diegans must be otherwise engaged this evening. Barbara

BarbaraM said:

If you have time while you are in San Diego you might also want to get east of San Diego into the Laguna Mountains to see woodpecers - between San Diego and Anza Borrego. Around Lake Tahoe on the east side - go up in elevation and you should find woodpeckers.

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Sounds good! Thank you. I've bookmarked the pages and will hopefully have a good trip report when I come back. (I'm also hitting up the Renaissance Faire in Northern California on the way to Lake Tahoe - I'm sure to see some interesting wildlife there 3 )