| Nine or ten inches long. Red crown and
nape, black and white barred back, wings and tail feathers. White head and underside.
Black beak. Abundant in mesquite shrublands or mixed forests
in arid Mexico, Texas and southwest Oklahoma.
Builds nests in cavities it excavates or reuses an abandoned cavity
in decaying trees, telephone poles, or fence posts from within reach to twenty or higher.
Lays four to seven, usually five or six white eggs which hatch after
about two weeks incubation and young leave the nest in about another four weeks.
Eats insects and fruit.
The Golden-fronted Woodpecker nest box (same as for the Red-headed Woodpecker and Hawk
Owl) has a 6" by 6" floor, 14" inside ceiling, 2" diameter
entrance hole located 11" above the floor and ventilation openings.
Hinged roof is secured with shutter hooks.
Mount nest box on a tree trunk or post between ten and twenty feet high. Place wood
chips in the nest box.
Golden-fronted
Woodpecker
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