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permanent resident in the Chaparral-Oak Community, especially the 

 Lower Rogue E,i\cer and Bear Creek valleys. 



Asyndesmus lewis. Lewis' Woodpecker. 



Specimens: Eight specimens from areas southwest of Prospect, col- 

 lected during September of different years; 20.9 km N Medford, male, 

 May 5, 1961. The Lewis' Woodpecker is a fairly common summer 

 resident of the Chaparral-Oak Community and lower elevations of the 

 Mixed Conifer Forest. The species is a common winter resident, the 

 numbers varying from year to year during this season. It has been 

 recorded on 10 of 13 Medford CBCs averaging 27 individuals per 

 count; 145 were recorded on the December 30, 1965, count. 



Sphyrapicus varius. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 



Specimens: Eight specimens from 12.9 km SW Prospect, taken in 

 various months and years. This sapsucker is a fairly common per- 

 manent resident throughout Jackson County. 



Sphyrapicus thyroideus. Williamson's Sapsucker. 



Rare. This sapsucker is known in Jackson County from two sight 

 records and a specimen cited by Gabrielson and Jewett (1940) taken 

 in the Siskiyou Mountains south of Ashland. An individual was ob- 

 served near Howard Prairie Reservoir on September 8, 1958, and one 

 was seen in the Siskiyou Mountains near the town of Siskiyou on 

 May 30, 1960. Gabrielson and Jewett (1940) consider this species to 

 be a summer resident of the summit and eastern slope of the Cascade 

 Mountains. It may breed in the pine forests of the Cascade and 

 Siskiyou mountains. 



Dendrocopos villosus. Hairy Woodpecker. 



Specimens: Seven specimens from the Prospect area from different 

 months and years. The Hairy Woodpecker is an uncommon to fairly 

 common permanent resident throughout most of the county. Gabriel- 

 son and Jewett (1940) give summer records from Butte Falls, Rustler 

 Peak (1,892 km), Brownsboro, Four-mile Lake (Klamath County), 

 and the Rogue River. 



Dendrocopos pubescens. Downy Woodpecker. 



Specimens: Eagle Point, male, February 10, 1926; 12.9 km SW 

 Prospect, male, December 16, 1932. This small woodpecker is a fairly 

 common permanent resident of the Rogue River and Bear Creek 

 valleys and foothill stream valleys. Gabrielson and Jewett (1940) list 

 a specimen taken at Medford May 21, 1919. 



Dendrocopos nutiallii. Nuttall's Woodpecker. 



This woodpecker is known to Jackson County only by the collection 

 of a male and female in the vicinity of Ashland on February 3, and 

 February 4, 1881 (Short 1965). Gabrielson and Jewett (1940) cite a 

 specimen taken in the Umpqua Valley in August 1855, and these 



