The maps linked below are perhaps accurate representations for the historical and present ranges of the Red-bellied Woodpecker. The species has been expanding to the north and west. One wintered at Couer d Alene, Idaho (1992-1993). > >>> http://www.planetofbirds.com/Master/PICIFORMES/Picidae/maps/Red-bellied%20Woodpecker.gif >> >> >> http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Red-bellied_Woodpecker-rangemap.gif But for the Idaho and Oregon records being further north, I might have guessed that the low South Pass through the Rockies was the route that the species would have entered either state. > > http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Wpdms_southpass.jpg Jeff Gilligan >> >
