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California Res. Com- 

 mon. Usually singly, or in 

 family groups. In oak-grown 

 canyons and foothills west of 

 the Sierran divide, up to 5000 

 feet or more. Often in larger 

 chaparral of the hillsides, or 

 willows of stream-bottoms. 



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Res. Deserts of south- 

 western United States and ad- 

 joining northwestern Mexico. 

 Numerous in heavy mesquite 

 growth, less so among cotton- 

 woods of stream-bottoms, and 

 occasional in tree yucca forests. 

 Digs a nesting cavity in tree 

 yuccas, mesquites, or any 

 growth of necessary diameter. 



Cactus Woodpecker 



California Res. Com- 

 mon; locally abundant. Oak 

 regions to 7000 feet. Usually 

 in pairs or small groups, its 

 numbers in any locality varying 

 with abundance of the acorn 

 crop. 



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