Three-toed Woodpecker
Picoides tridactylus
Synopsis: Nests in cavities in burned or alpine woodlands mostly east of the Cascade crest. Most notable are the records from the west slope of Cascades, central Deschutes, southern Morrow, northern Harney, and Grant Counties.

Habitat Associations:
strongest
Edges of Recently Cutover/Burnt Forest (215229 acres)
strong
Mountain Hemlock Montane Forest (272477 acres)
Northeast Mixed Conifer Forest (1328839 acres)
Subalpine Fir-Lodgepole Pine Montane Conifer (535169 acres)
Ponderosa-Lodgepole Pine on Pumice (480187 acres)
Subalpine Scattered Trees & Shrubs (54217 acres)
some
Ponderosa Pine-dominant Mixed Conifer Forest (80202 acres)
Ponderosa Pine Forest/Woodland (889527 acres)
lesser
True Fir-Hemlock Montane Forest (974450 acres)
Shasta Red Fir-Mountain Hemlock Forest (39001 acres)

Relative Detectability: Fairly difficult to detect and to confirm nesting.

Challenge: Search for additional nests in northern Wallowa and western Union Counties, and in northern and western Cascades.