Davy Crocket NF; min. 245 colonies; 



max. 29 1;D. Gates 

 Sabine NF; min. 104 colonies, max. 



120; D. Gates 

 Sam Houston NF; min. 87 colonies, 



max. 225; D. Gates 



AUTHORITIES 



W. Wilson Baker (Recovery Team) 

 Tall Timbers Research Station 

 Route l,Box 160 

 Tallahasse, FL 32303 



Ted Beckett 

 Magnolia Gardens 

 Route 4 

 Charleston, SC 29407 



Vernon Carter (Recovery Team) 



Regional Forester 



Fish and Wildlife Service 



17 Executive Park Drive, N.E. 



Atlanta, GA 30329 



Thad Cherry (Recovery Team) 

 Wildlife Research Supervisor 

 Weyerhauser Company 

 P.G. Box 1391 

 New Bern, NC 28560 



Melvin Hopkins (Recovery Team) 

 National Forests in North Carolina 

 P.O. Box 2750 

 Asheville,NC 28802 



Jerome A.Jackson (Recovery Team Leader) 



Department of Zoology 



Mississippi State University 



P.O. Box Z 



Mississippi State, MS 39762 



Daniel W. Lay 



Texas Parks and Wildlife Department 



Box 4608, SFA 



Nacogdoches, TX 75961 



Michael R. Lennartz 



Department of Forestry 



Southeastern Forest Experiment Station 



Clemson University 



Clemson,SC 29631 



Teddy E. Lynn, Jr. 

 International Paper Company 

 Georgetown Woodlands Region 

 Georgetown, SC 29440 



Robert W. McFarlane 

 Savannah River Ecology Lab 

 P.O. Drawer E 

 Aiken, SC 29801 



Richard L. Thompson 

 Florida Management Biologist 

 Fish and Wildlife Service 

 P.O. Box 190 

 Tallahassee, FL 32302 



PREPARER'S COMMENTS 



Cavities produced by red-cockaded wood- 

 peckers are used by other species, including the 

 honey bee (Apis mellifera), rat snake {Elaphe ob- 

 soleta), red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes caro- 

 inus), red-headed woodpecker {Melanerpes ery- 

 throcephalus), white-breasted nuthatch {Sitta 

 car o line nsis), tufted titmouse (Parus bicolor), 

 eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis), common flicker 

 (Colaptes auratus), pileated woodpecker {Dryo- 

 copus pileatus), great crested flycatcher (Myiar- 

 chus crinitus), screech owl (Otus asio), wood 

 duck (Aix sponsa), starling (Sturnus vulgaris), 

 gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis), fox squirrel 

 {Sciurus niger), and flying squirrel {Glaucomys 

 volans) (Baker 1971b, Jackson et al. 1976a). 



The fragmentation of nesting habitat, and 

 thus of the woodpecker's distribution, may be 

 leading to reduced gene flow between populations 

 and a loss of ability to colonize new habitat that 

 may develop. 



Subjects needing further investigation include 

 seasonal variation of food habits and home range 

 requirements, causes of high nestling mortality 

 (relative to other woodpeckers), pesticide levels 

 and their significance, and reintroduction tech- 

 niques. 



LITERATURE CITED/SELECTED 

 REFERENCES 



Affeltranger, C. 1971. The red heart disease of 

 southern pines. Pages 96-99 in R. L. Thomp- 

 son, ed. The ecology and management of the 

 red-cockaded woodpecker. Proc. Symp. Oke- 

 fenokee Natl. Wildl. Refuge, Folkston, Geor- 

 gia. May 26-27. U.S. Bur. Sport Fish. Wild, 

 and Tall Timbers Res. Stn., Tallahassee, Flo- 

 rida. 188 pp. 



Baker, W. W. 1971a. Observations on the food ha- 

 bits of the red-cockaded woodpecker. Pages 

 100-107 in R. L. Thompson, ed. The ecology 

 and management of the red-cockaded wood- 

 pecker. Proc. Symp. Okefenokee Natl. Wildl. 



