Man is so unfamiliar to them that he is not recognized as an enemy and around isolated habitations the GOLDENFRONTS become almost as tame as Sparrows. They like to hear their own voices and are unusually noisy for Woodpeckers. In some parts of the southwest they have dug holes in telegraf poles to an extent which caused them to fall. Grasshoppers comprise half their diet, small fruit and insects the remainder.
From central northern Texas, southward.