: Woodpeckers 



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Arizona Res. Common 

 Transition and Upper So- 

 noran Zones of eastern Arizo- 

 na and southward, wherever 

 oaks furnish the necessary 

 acorn supply. Ranges up to 

 7500 feet in the mountains. Is 

 a constant visitor to the mescal 

 plants when in bloom. 



Wood pec wer 



W. V. Sept.- Apr. Favors 

 oak regions. Usually found in 

 loose flocks, abundant some 

 winters and nearly absent 

 others. Always erratic in oc- 

 currence. Nests in Tejon 

 region, 100 miles north of 

 Los Angeles, California ap- 

 parently an isolated breeding- 

 station. Recorded as nesting in 

 eastern Arizona. 



[Lewis Woodpecker 



Arizona Res. Common 

 In portions of Lower 

 Sonoran Zone from extreme 

 southeastern Nevada south- 

 ward. Inhabits willow and 

 cottonwood association of riv- 

 er-bottoms; also giant cactus 

 regions in breeding season, 

 seeming to prefer ease of dig- 

 ging and relative safety offered 

 by these thorny pillars. 



