Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Breeding Range. (Fig. 4). Common in the Turtle Mountains; fairly common in the wooded hills in the vicinity of Devils Lake, and in the wooded bottomlands along the Sheyenne River in northwestern Richland County and northeastern Ransom County; uncommon in wooded bottomlands along other streams on the Agassiz Lake Plain (including the Red, Pembina, Park, and Goose rivers), in the Pembina Hills, and on the wooded deltaic sand area of western Pembina County; rare in the wooded bottomlands along the Sheyenne River in Barnes County, along the James River in Stutsman County, and along the Mouse River in McHenry County. In 1919, this species was considered to be a common summer resident in the vicinity of Fargo (Freeman 1919).
Breeding Habitat. Extensive tracts of deciduous forests. Characteristic tree dominants in upland forests that are occupied include such species as paper birch, quaking aspen, balsam poplar, bur oak, and green ash. Bottomland forests are usually dominated by American elm, green ash, basswood, and hackberry.
Nesting. Probable breeding season: Late May to late August. Extreme dates of active nests (8 nests): June 19 [1971] in Stutsman County (D. H. Johnson) to July 17 [1879--nest with newly hatched young] in Pembina County (Abbott 1880). On June 21 [1972], a nest containing young was recorded at the Fort Totten National Game Preserve in Benson County (D. E. Goeke). Extreme dates of dependent flying young (4 records): July 17 [1964] in Cass County (North Dakota State University Museum catalog) to August 22 [1970] in Stutsman County (L. C. Haynes).
Nesting holes have been located in quaking aspen, basswood, and green ash. Openings of three nest holes were 10, 25 and 30 feet, respectively, above the ground. During 1967-1969, 15 active nests were found in the Turtle Mountains by Calvin Cink.
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| Figure 94. Breeding Range of Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. |
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