American Three-toed Woodpecker
First State Record for Kansas

© Judd Patterson (Photo #750)

Date: July 9, 2005
Location: Cimarron National Grassland (Kansas)
Country: United States

Comments: On July 3, Matt Gearheart, Aaron Mitchell, Will Chatfield-Taylor, and April Chatfield-Taylor found a male American Three-toed Woodpecker in Morton County along the Cimarron River north of Elkhart, KS. This bird was a first state record for the species in Kansas.