Eastern fox squirrels may make their own den in a hollow tree by cutting through the interior; however, they generally use natural cavities or cavities created by northern flickers (Colaptes auratus) or red-headed woodpeckers (Melanerpes erythrocephalus).
Just a few of the common suet-eaters you can expect to see in Northern New Mexico include downy woodpeckers, mountain chickadees, ladderbacked woodpeckers, hairy woodpeckers, northern flickers, bushtits, white-breasted nuthatches, and scrub jays.
Careful birders will occasionally catch glimpse of a northern flicker as well.
Bird species include red-tailed hawks, golden eagles, prairie falcons, black-throated sparrows, Gambel's quail, cactus wrens, pyrrhuloxia, northern mockingbirds, northern flickers, common poorwills, northern cardinals, and great horned owls.
Various woodpeckers can be seen in forested lots, including the red-bellied woodpecker, northern flicker (also known as the "red-shafted flicker"), and the downy woodpecker.
Wiebe, K.L. & Swift, T.L. (2001): Clutch size relative to tree cavity size in northern flickers.
It is home to arctic ground squirrels and northern flying squirrels, marmots, woodchucks, and birds such as gray jays, boreal chickadees, northern flickers, red-tailed hawks, and boreal owls.
Common wild birds include several types of woodpeckers, northern flickers, Steller's jays, and Great Blue Herons.
The most common birds include willow and rock ptarmigan, gray jays, common ravens, hermit thrushes, American robins, hairy woodpeckers and northern flickers.
Birds commonly found in the pine forests of the Ochoco Mountains include the northern flicker, hairy woodpecker, red-tailed hawk, and Steller's jay.
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