Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Fall Movements in a Florida Flatwoods Community

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Abstract
Four red-cockaded woodpeckers [Picoides borealis] from 3 clans were radio tracked for 128 h from Oct.-Dec. 1975 in a pine flatwood community in central Florida [USA]. Radio telemetry equipment proved valuable for obtaining data on daily movements, behavior and range size over a complete dawn to dusk tracking period. The average range of 69.8 ha was larger than most previously reported ranges. Foraging was most frequent in pine flatwoods habitat; longleaf and slashed pine were the main species utilized. The roosting area itself was used as a foraging site only during rainy weather. Based on this study a minimum of 58-91 ha of suitable foraging habitat are necessary to support clans of 3-4 red-cockaded woodpeckers during fall in a pine flatwoods community.

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