Life histories of North American woodpeckersBent, Arthur Cleveland
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Life histories of North American woodpeckers
Bent, Arthur Cleveland
Birds -- North America; Woodpeckers -- North America
_Breeding range._--This species breeds =north= to southeastern Alaska
(probably Skagway); southern Mackenzie (Nahanni Mountain, Fort
Providence, and Fort Resolution); northern Manitoba (Cochrane River
and probably Fort Churchill); Ontario (Lac Seul and probably Moose
Factory); Quebec (Montreal, Quebec City, Godbout, Ellis Bay, and
probably Eskimo Point); and Newfoundland (Fox Island and Nicholsville).
=East= to Newfoundland (Nicholsville, Deer Lake, and Harrys River);
Nova Scotia (Sydney and Halifax); Maine (Bucksport and Livermore
Falls); southeastern New Hampshire (Ossipee and Monadnock Mountain);
western Massachusetts (Chesterfield); New Jersey (Midvale); and western
Virginia (Sounding Knob, Cold Mountain, and White Top Mountain).
=South= to southwestern Virginia (White Top Mountain); northwestern
Indiana (Kouts); central Illinois (Peoria); eastern Missouri (St.
Louis); Iowa (Keokuk, Grinnell, and Ogden); southeastern South Dakota
(Sioux Falls and probably Vermillion); New Mexico (Pot Creek and
Diamond Peak); Arizona (Buffalo Creek and Kaibab Plateau); and southern
California (San Bernardino Mountains, San Jacinto Mountains, and
Mount Pinos). =West= to California (Mount Pinos, Big Creek, Cisco,
Carlotta, and Mount Shasta); western Oregon (Prospect, Elkton, Salem,
and Tillamook); Washington (Tacoma and Seattle); British Columbia
(Beaver Creek, Alta Lake, and Masset); and southeastern Alaska (Craig,
Wrangell, and probably Skagway).
_Winter range._--The winter range extends =north= to southwestern
British Columbia (Comox); northeastern Oregon (Haines); central Arizona
(Oak Creek); southern New Mexico (Silver City); Kansas (Wichita,
Topeka, and Bendena); Missouri (Lexington and Nelson); Illinois
(Bernadotte and Mount Carmel); southern Indiana (Vincennes and probably
Bloomington); southern Ohio (Hamilton and Hillsboro); northern Maryland
(Hagerstown); southeastern Pennsylvania (Edge Hill); and southern New
Jersey (Newfield). From this point the species is found in winter
=south= along the Atlantic coast to southern Florida (Miami, Royal Palm
Hammock, and Key West); the Bahama Islands (Nassau, Watling Island, and
Great Inagua); and the northern Lesser Antilles (St. Croix). =South=
to the Lesser Antilles (St. Croix); rarely Haiti (Gonave Island);
and rarely Costa Rica (Coli Blanco and Punta Arenas). From this
southwestern point the winter range extends northward along the western
coast of Central America (including Baja California) to California;
Oregon; rarely Washington; and southwestern British Columbia (probably
Barkley Sound and Comox). In the eastern part of the country the
species is found irregularly =north= to southern Wisconsin (Madison);
southern Michigan (Ann Arbor and Detroit); southern Ontario (London and
Lindsay); southern Vermont (Bennington); and central Maine (Fairfield
and Dover).
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