PICID^E : Woodpeckers 



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Southern California S.V. 



Fairly common in Tran- 

 sition Zone of mountains. W.V. 



Foothills and valleys, when 

 frequent among the oaks, and 

 especially among pepper-trees 

 of parks and country. Rather 

 a solitary bird, usually occur- 

 ring singly. 



breasted.^! Sapsuc Ker 



W.V. Recorded in south- 

 ern California Oct.-Feb., when 

 it occurs also along Colorado 

 River and in southern Arizona. 

 Much more numerous in low 

 deserts of southeastern Cali- 

 fornia than on the coastal slopes, 

 where it occurs in migration 

 among oaks and pepper-trees, 

 often in company with the Red- 

 breasted species. 



Red-noped Sapsucker 



Not uncommon Canadian 

 Zone. Generally migratory in 

 northern parts of its range, but 

 resident in small numbers in 

 southern California, where it 

 nests in the high San Bernardino 

 and San Jacinto Mountains, 

 occasionally descending to low 

 foothills in winter. Resident in 

 higher mountains of Arizona. 

 (Map shows summer range 

 only) . 



SapsuCKer 



