I looked at the MN checklist on the MOU site and found 9 woodpecker species. The Lewis's will bring that up to 10. The answer to the "Woodpecker Trivia" question just arrived and I've included it below. Earl Orf <http://www.earlorfphotos.com/> www.earlorfphotos.com
_____ From: rv-bi...@googlegroups.com [mailto:rv-bi...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Tufts Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2013 2:27 PM To: rv-bi...@googlegroups.com Subject: [RV Birds] Re: Woodpecker-palooza Here's Steve's answer to the "woodpecker state quiz." Stephen Shunk st...@paradisebirding.com via <http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1311182&ctx=mail> lists.oregonstate.edu 11:31 AM (52 minutes ago) <https://mail.google.com/mail/images/cleardot.gif> <https://mail.google.com/mail/images/cleardot.gif> <https://mail.google.com/mail/images/cleardot.gif> to obol, COBOL <https://mail.google.com/mail/images/cleardot.gif> All, Thanks for the enthusiastic responses to the quiz on state/provincial woodpecker rankings! Here is a summary of your responses: AB 1 (14 spp) AK 1 (9 spp, but the only state with Great-spotted) AR 1 (10 spp) BC 2 (14 spp) CO 2 (12 spp) FL 1 (10 spp) HI 1 (No, Gates, there are no woodpeckers in Hawaii. However, there were ALMOST woodpeckers in Hawaii...see below) KS 1 (12 spp) NM 5 (14 spp) NV 4 (see below) RI 1 (lowest of all states and provinces with 6 spp) (some of you guessed AZ and TX, but I already gave you their rankings in the original post) And, the answer is NEVADA! Nevada is only missing 4 Nor Am woodpecker species (not counting Great-spotted): Golden-fronted, Red-cockaded, Arizona, and Ivory-billed. And, only 4 of Nevada's woodpecker species are considered "review" species, giving the state 15 regularly occurring woodpeckers. Jim Kopitzke, Alan Contreras, Rob Conway, and Joel Geier all got this correct. New Mexico is a good guess, especially since the state ranks 4th for all birds on its list (just above Oregon, which rests comfortably in 5th place, with CA, TX, and AZ in spots 1-3). Here are the top states and provinces: 19 - Nevada 17 - California 16 - TX and OR 15 - AZ and OK 14 - AB, BC, ID, NM, WY 13 - MT, NE, UT, WA NOTE: It is possible that some of these have been bumped up a notch in the last few years, as I have not had time to check the very latest official state lists, except for the states at 15 and up. Regarding woodpeckers in Hawaii, the following note was published in the November 1901 edition of The Condor: "The Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry of the Territory of Hawaii is desirous of securing a supply of live woodpeckers and writes Mr. W. Otto Emerson as follows: 'I am desirous of obtaining a number of the downy woodpeckers to be introduced here on the different islands. Will you kindly let me know where I can obtain say 100 or 200 and the probable cost?' Those who can assist in the matter are urged to communicate with W. Otto Emerson, Haywards, Cal." Apparently, this never happened. Happy Holidays and Abundant Woodpeckers to All! Steve Shunk -- Check out our new web site! www.paradisebirding.com <http://www.paradisebirding.com/> Stephen Shunk Paradise Birding P.O. Box 547 Sisters, OR 97759 541-408-1753 _______________________________________________ ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
