WOODPECKERS 



* The nest is built in both live and dead 

 trees, and the eggs are white, in common with 

 all woodpeckers. 



Harris woodpecker, Dryohates villosus 

 ^^^^ harrisi. 9.50 



Distribution : Humid Pacific Coast district 

 from northern California, north through 

 Oregon and Washington to British Columbia 

 and southeastern Alaska. Three other 

 closely allied varieties found on the Pacific 

 Coast are the Rocky Mountain hairy w^ood- 

 pecker of the Rocky Mountain region, west to 

 the eastern slope of the Cascades; Cabanis 

 woodpecker of the Southwest and California, 

 and the Queen Charlotte woodpecker of the 

 Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia. 



The home of the Harris woodpecker is in 

 the deep woods where it lives a more or less 

 solitary life. It is found everywhere from 

 sea level to high mountains, seeming to prefer 

 coniferous timber rather than mixed woods, 

 though it is occasionally seen in heavy tim- 

 ber along streams and on the crests of the big 

 wooded hills. It is the counterpart in color- 

 pattern of its smaller cousin the Gairdner 

 woodpecker, though much larger in size. 



The Harris w^oodpecker is a forest preserver, 

 spending much of its time ridding the trees 

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