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	Birds - Gila Woodpecker -
		Ranging in length from 8 to 10 inches and with an average wingspan of 16 inches, the Gila woodpecker can be found in deserts, brushy woodlands and urban parks from the American southwest to west-central Mexico.
		In the desert, the woodpeckers perform the important ecological function of removing unhealthy flesh from the saguaro cactus.
		A decrease in the Gila woodpecker population would damage the entire ecosystem, since its nest sites are widely utilized by other species, and it may be an important pollinator of the saguaro cactus.
	www.nature.org /animals/birds/animals/gilawoodpecker.html (290 words)

	Gila Woodpecker Animals of all kinds are struggling to surviv...
		Gila Woodpecker Animals of all kinds are struggling to surviv...
		Otherwise known as Melanerpes uropygialis, the Gila woodpecker is being threatened with extinction.
		Woodpeckers tend to use the same nesting hold twice, but the holes are often taken by rodents and other animals.
	www.instant-essays.com /zoology/gila-woodpecker.shtml (546 words)

	Woodpeckers
		But for Gila Woodpeckers and Gilded Flickers, saguaros serve in place of trees: these woodpeckers go hitching their way up the sides of the giant cactus, and give voice to strident calls when they reach the top.
		Gila Woodpecker: Brown face, fl and white barred back, white wing patches that are visible when in flight.
		The difference seems due to the fact that woodpecker nests are excavated in the outer cortex, whereas flickers need larger cavities, so their excavations go further toward the thicker center of the cactus—through the ribs and into the inner pith.
	www.desertmuseum.org /books/nhsd_woodpeckers.html (579 words)

	Encyclopedia: Woodpecker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		(Woodpecker also refers to a type of radio interference known as the Russian Woodpecker) The Russian Woodpecker was a notorious Soviet signal that could be heard on the shortwave radio bands worldwide between July 1976 and December 1989.
		Woodpeckers Species The wrynecks are a small but distinctive group of small Old World woodpeckers.
		Habitat: The golden-fronted woodpeckers preferred habitat is mesquite and riparian woodlands in Texas and Oklahoma.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Woodpecker (1801 words)

	Gila Woodpecker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Gila Woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis, is a medium-sized woodpecker of the desert regions of the southwestern United States.
		This woodpecker's habitat consists of low desert scrub typical of the Sonoran desert.
		This woodpecker's voice is a rolling churr sound.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gila_Woodpecker (175 words)

	Gila Woodpecker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Woodpeckers are chisel-billed, wood boring birds with powerful feet (two toes front and two toes back), remarkably long tongues and stiff spiny tails that act as props when climbing.
		The noisy Gila woodpecker is one of the chief architects of saguaro-hole homes.
		Woodpeckers may use the same nesting hold twice, but the holes are often claimed by owls and flycatchers as well as snakes, lizards and rodents.
	www.scenicdrive.org /cgpecker.htm (102 words)

	Gila Woodpecker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Gila Woodpecker is found on desert mesas in association with creosote bush, mesquite and saguaro cactus from central Arizona to edges of adjacent states.
		The Gila Woodpecker excavates holes in saguaro cacti for nests.
		The diet of the Gila Woodpecker consists of ants, beetles, grasshoppers, fruits from saguaro cactus, mistletoe berries and occasionally nestling songbirds and eggs.
	www.shawcreekbirdsupply.com /gila_woodpecker_info.htm (88 words)

	Desert's woodpeckers bring the noise \| www.azstarnet.com Â®
		Gila woodpeckers are found in southeastern California, extreme southern Nevada, Southern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico and northern Mexico.
		Presumably, the name Gila came from the river that flows through Arizona, and the word was added to the names of various things that occur in the region.
		Gila or "Xila" was used as early as 1630 for a province in New Mexico.
	www.azstarnet.com /dailystar/printSN/61490.php (1049 words)

	Information about U.S. FDC: 33¢ Gila Woodpecker PSA: Nature of America Series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Inhabitant of scrub desert and cactus country, the Gila Woodpecker is an intriguing bird of the American Southwest.
		The Gila Woodpecker is an important agent in conserving the desert ecosystem, since some insects this bird feeds on carry a bacterial disease that discolors the surface of the saguaro cactus, causing internal damage.
		The woodpecker sees the plant's discolored skin as a sign of insect larvae waiting to be eaten and pecks into the cactus searching for burrowing worms, cutting away the diseased plant tissue.
	www.unicover.com /EA1CAOVM.htm (430 words)

	woodpecker - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about woodpecker
		Like other woodpeckers, it feeds on the larvae of wood-boring insects which it digs from tree trunks, but it also feeds on the ground, hopping along as it searches for ants and seeds.
		Woodpeckers have a long extensile tongue, which has muscles enabling the bird to dart it forth and to retract it again quickly.
		The European green woodpecker or yaffle Picus viridis is green with a red crown and yellow rump, and about the size of a jay.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /woodpecker (342 words)

	BISON Species Account 042520 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Gila woodpecker had attained its present range in the Gila Valley by the early 1900's and was termed "common" at Redrock in September 1908 (Bailey 1928).
		Gila woodpeckers are residents in the lower Gila Valley and in Guadalupe Canyon and are considered rare to fairly common 08.
		ARIZONA Gila woodpeckers have been seen during the Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter; though their abundance is rare at the Coronado National Memorial NP (NPS,1985) 31.
	fwie.fw.vt.edu /states/nmex_main/species/042520.htm (1994 words)

	Gila Woodpecker
		The woodpecker will live in the nest for one year before abandoning it.
		The abandoned nests left by the Gila Woodpecker become homes for other desert dwelling birds, lizards, and small mammals.
		Curse not the king, no not in your thought; and curse not the rich in your bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which has wings shall tell the matter.
	www.akidsheart.com /animals/birds/gwd.htm (199 words)

	Gila on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Gila valley was occupied by the ancestors of the Pima and Papago ethnic groups, who farmed the region by irrigation.
		The Gila and its tributaries have many dams to provide flood control, hydroelectricity, and water for irrigation in the arid Southwest (see Salt River valley).
		Gila monsters (poisonous reptiles) are numerous in the Gila valley.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/G/Gila.asp (532 words)

	Woodpecker
		This is both a means of communication to signal possession of territory to their rivals, and a method of echo-locating grubss under the bark of the tree.
		The last two families are sometimes separated as the order Galbuliformes.
		Some distinctive groups of woodpeckers, including the sapsuckers (genus Sphyrapicus) and the small wrynecks (genus Jynx) and piculets (genera Picumnus, Sasia and Nesoctites ') have their own group articles.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/woodpecker (248 words)

	* Woodpecker - (Bird): Definition
		The year-round resident Gila Woodpecker is also shyer and less likely to be seen close to urban areas in the Imperial Valley.
		The Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) is a common, widespread woodpecker.
		Cavities are often old Pileated Woodpecker holes, natural cavities made from torn branches, or artificial nest boxes.
	en.mimi.hu /bird/woodpecker.html (1558 words)

	Gila-Cliff Area
		The entire Gila River system in New Mexico provides one of the highest breeding bird concentrations in North America including rare species such as the Gila Woodpecker and the threatened Southwestern Willow Flycatcher.
		The Gila River is the last of the southwest's major free-flowing rivers.
		The are includes the Gila River Valley from upper Gila Box downstream to old iron bridge approximately 300 meters downstream of US 180 bridge.
	www.audubon.org /chapter/nm/nm/rdac/iba/ibawriteups/gilacliff.html (497 words)

	Gila Woodpecker Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		This site is best viewed using a browser which recognizes frames, a feature which will leave a list accessible at the left of your screen while you are viewing each species.
		The noisy Gila woodpecker is one of the chief.....are done with them.
		The Gila woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis) is a common resident of Sonoran Desert regions where either of the two giant columnar cacti - the...
	www.north-american-bird-species.org /Gila-Woodpecker.html (510 words)

	Gila Woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Habitat: This woodpecker is found on desert mesas in association with creosote bush, mesquite, and saguaro cactus from central Arizona to edges of adjacent states.
		Nest: The Gila woodpecker excavates holes in saguaro cacti for nests.
		Food: The diet of the Gila woodpecker consists of ants, beetles, grasshoppers, fruits from saguaro cactus, and mistletoe berries.
	www.greennature.com /article681.html (137 words)

	Birds Found in Southwestern New Mexico
		The Gila National Forest, comprising 3.3 million acres, is one of the more remote, pristine and least developed National Forests in the Southwest.
		Included are 170 bird species known to breed in the immediate area, 110 species known to occur at some time of the year, and 38 species considered to be casual or accidental.
		Our nearby neighbor, the Gila Riparian Preserve, protects a prime example of the Southwest's fragile riparian habitat and a verdant gallery woodland, near the Gila River, the last of the Southwest's major free-flowing rivers.
	www.casitasdegila.com /birding.html (552 words)

	Gila Woodpecker
		I love to see woodpeckers and we have Gila Woodpeckers here year round.
		We provide oranges and suet for the Gila's but they also enjoy the hummingbird and oriole feeders.
		I soon found the culprit was the Gila.
	www.wiredmarys.com /gila.htm (167 words)

	Arizona Highways (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Gila woodpecker is a common, year-round resident of southern and western Arizona.
		This is the most common woodpecker in saguaro forests.
		The Gila woodpecker usually raises two or three broods (families) a year.
	www.arizonahighways.com /custom.cfm?name=c_nature.cfm&secid=36&id=89 (159 words)

	Gila River House as Experienced by a Vacationing Birder
		The Gila River Farm is a special place to walk and join in the Nature Conservancy’s work there.
		The history associated with the Gila Cliff Dwellings and early inhabitants is another interesting and exciting part of the area.
		As spring nears, we hear of and see the earliest returning hummingbirds, both in the Gila and the Mimbres Valleys, where we have watched for the hummingbirds at restaurants where the proprietors use over one thousand pounds of sugar a year making hummingbird food!
	www.gilanet.com /estamler/birdercomments.htm (439 words)

	BirdForum - Woodpecker QUiz: Gila or Red-Bellied?
		It is a Red-Bellied Woodpecker, but how he could distinguish it from a gila or Golden-Fronted, I'll never know.
		The photo you posted was a little tricky, because it did not show the red on the nape (female) or the red on the nape and crown (male).
		Red-bellied are whiter on their front (throat, breast and belly) than the Gila or Golden-fronted Woodpeckers.
	www.birdforum.net /showthread.php?t=14888 (362 words)

	Gila Woodpecker - Richard Ditch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Commentary: The Gila Woodpecker is limited to the desert southwest and is a regular visitor to our backyard.
		This was the first time I've seen a Gila land on this aloe plant, and I was lucky to have the camera already set up and close at hand.
		In this image you can see the tongue partially extended, plus lots of nectar from the flowers on the chin of the woodpecker.
	home.earthlink.net /~richditch/gilawp4.htm (107 words)

	BIRDING OPPORTUNITIES at the Double E Ranch and surrounding Gila National Forest Region
		Experienced, knowledgeable guides who are familiar with the ranch and the surrounding Gila National Forest will help you explore a paradise rich in natural flora and spectacular bird fauna.
		Adjoining the Gila National Forest, the ranch also provides a private refuge for nearly one-third of all bird species in North America, many of which have been sighted in the area, including the Gila Woodpecker.
		The ranch and its nearby neighbor, the Gila Riparian Preserve, protect a prime example of the Southwest's fragile riparian habitat and a verdant gallery woodland, near the Gila River, the last of the Southwest's major free-flowing rivers.
	www.hiddentrails.com /usa/wr/nm-doublee-birds.htm (503 words)

	California - Gila Woodpecker - Melanerpes Uropygialis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		DESCRIPTION: Gila woodpecker has zebra-striped back and a plain, grayish tan head and breast.
		Present: Gila wookpecker is common in cactus woodlands in much of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
		OTHER INFORMATION: The woodpecker's dies consists of insects and mistletoe berries in the winter.
	library.thinkquest.org /2878/ca_gila_woodpecker.html (234 words)

	Gila Woodpecker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Gila Woodpecker (Melanerpes uropygialis) is listed as an Endangered Species in the state of California.
		Approximately 200 individuals live in native cottonwood-willow forests along the lower Colorado in California.
		In Arizona, these birds nest in the Saguaro Cactus, which is a plant (as shown) vital to the survival of many species of wildlife.
	www.peggy-oki.com /desert/gilawdpkr.html (54 words)

	eNature: FieldGuides: Species Detail
		Tonight I saw a woodpecker at my suet feeder with an all grey head.
		Q: I am new to birding and over the Labor Day weekend saw 2 birds up in a tree making loud noises as they performed some type of ritual involving head swaying and then "freezing in place" for several seconds before repeating the behavior.
		Discussion The Gila Woodpecker is a characteristic bird of the Sonoran Desert.
	www.enature.com /fieldguide/showSpeciesIMG.asp?imageID=17055 (202 words)

	Bird Watcher's Digest: Travel: Birding Trails - Listing
		Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, near Gainesville, is known for its impressive wintering flocks of sandhill crane, along with nesting least bittern, purple gallinule, and king rail, and various wintering wrens and sparrows.
		Moving up into the mountains of the Gila National Forest, such as at Cherry Creek and McMillan campgrounds, look for species including band-tailed pigeon, flammulated owl, white-throated swift, broad-tailed hummingbird, acorn woodpecker, Steller's jay, mountain chickadee, Grace's and red-faced warblers, painted redstart, and hepatic tanager.
		Canyons in the Bitterroot Mountains, west of the river, are home to golden eagle, peregrine and prairie falcons, white-throated swift, western screech-owl, red-naped sapsucker, and rock and canyon wrens.
	www.birdwatchersdigest.com /site/travel/trails_list.aspx (3284 words)

	THE OTTER SIDE - Woodpecker Images
		This Acorn Woodpecker was photographed at a hummingbird feeder in the Davis Mountains near Fort Davis, Texas.
		Downy Woodpeckers occur in woodland areas, parks, and around suburban houses with nearby wooded areas throughout southern Canada, central Alaska, and all but the desert southwest of the lower 48 states of the US.
		This Gila Woodpecker was photographed on the grounds of the Sonoran Desert Museum.
	www.otterside.com /htmfiles/woodp2.htm (369 words)

	Buteo Books: Bird Books, Ornithology Texts, Birding Gear - Piciformes
		The Red-cockaded Woodpecker: Surviving in a Fire-Maintained Ecosystem.
		Hoose explores the tragedy of extinction, relating 200 years of the story of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker and those who fought to save it.
		A cultural and natural history by an ornithologist who has devoted much of his life to the study of woodpeckers and the preservation of their habitat.
	www.buteobooks.com /piciformes.html (370 words)

	Pinkmoose Birding
		Once we were sure of this bird we carried on down the track getting Gila Woodpecker, a male Lark Bunting, a pair of Gambel's Quail, Verdin, Curve-billed Thrasher and a Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (the only one of the trip).
		The 'lounge' added Common Raven, Ladder-backed Woodpecker and Gilded Flicker, plus more of the usual species such as White-winged Dove, Northern Cardinal, the towhees and a male Broad-billed Hummingbird which spent quite a lot of the week sitting on a nearby bush.
		We stopped at the Ramada where we had Verdin, Brown-crested Flycatcher, Gila Woodpecker (nesting in saguaro), Curve-billed Thrasher, Broad-billed Hummingbird, Brown-headed Cowbird (by now far outnumbering the Bronzed Cowbirds), Gambel's Quail, Northern Cardinal, White-winged Dove, Phainopepla and Black-chinned Hummingbird.
	www.pinkmoose.ic24.net /arizona/arizona.htm (1769 words)

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