Endangered Species Protection South Dakota Species 
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 2, 2013
They receive no protection, and are often destroyed by salvage logging as quickly as possible. There is currently a push to place the Black-backed Woodpecker, in its Oregon/California and South Dakota populations, under the protection of the Federal Endangered Species Act.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 15, 2014
I didn’t know what species of woodpecker it was, but I knew it was just in the clearing on the other side of the road. Black-backed Woodpeckers are non-migratory, although there have been documented intermittent irruptions of the species outside their normal range. Range map courtesy of South Dakota Birds and Birding.
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