WOODPECKERS 



The GairdiRT woodpeckcT is found ovcry- 

 where both in open country and timbered 

 areas. It makes itself at home in fruit or- 

 chards, in the wood-lot and in clumps of trees 

 about the farmsteads. It is commonly seen 

 in vacant lots and parks about the cities 

 where it gleans larvae and spiders from every 

 tree and shrub. It is the counterpart of its 

 cousin, the downy woodpecker of the eastern 

 states, building its home in a dead limb of 

 some orchard tree or in a stub in field 

 or wood-lot. Its call note is a shrill eek, 

 and occasionally it utters a rapid, rattling 

 cry. 



California w^oodpecker, Melanerpesfor- 

 micivorus bairdi. 9.00 



Distribution: Pacific Coast region from 

 southern Oregon (Eugene), south to northern 

 Lower California, west of the Cascades and 

 Sierra Nevadas. 



The California woodpecker haunts the oak 

 belts of the Southw^est, its favorite food being 

 acorns. It is a rare bird in the northern part 

 of its range and is seen only occasionally as 

 far north as Eugene, Oregon. In habits and 

 characteristics the California woodpecker is 

 very much like the red-headed woodpecker 

 of the eastern states. 



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