The Birds of El Paso County, Colorado 517 



There was but one young bird and that disappeared before it 

 was ready to leave the nest, possibly captured by the Sharp- 

 shinned Hawks which had a nest not far away. 



Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis. Red-naped Sapsucker. 



Summer resident ; common. Arrives in April. Breeds 

 in the mountains. 



Sphyrapicus thyroideus. William's Sapsucker. 



Summer resident; rather uncommon. Arrives early in 

 April. 



This woodpecker is a bird of the mountains, ranging from 

 the foothills to above 10,000 feet. Aiken took a female in 

 downy plumage on the Cheyenne Mountain road, August 29. 

 1897. 



Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Red-headed Woodpecker. 



Summer resident; common. Arrives the middle of May, 

 departs in October, having been seen as late as the 2Sth. 



This species breeds over the lower portions of the County 

 especially in the cottonwoods along the streams, not going into 

 the mountains in the nesting season, but after that time may 

 wander quite extensively, and a young of the year was taken 

 at Lake Moraine, September 2, 1905. 



In 1913 a pair apparently took possession of a hole in 

 Monument Valley Park which had been made and occupied 

 by Flickers that spring, and they were there as late as May 

 13, but on the 26th the Red-heads had it. The Flickers were 

 first seen at the hole the last of April. They could hardly 

 have raised their young and presumably were forcibly evicted. 

 The Red-heads were seen at the hole regularly after this into 

 June, and on July 27 both old and young birds were seen near 

 the nest site. 



