Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Sighted and Recorded

Science Daily ^ | 04-29-2011 | Naval Research Laboratory

[Red Badger]

Here in Florida we have to watch birds....Just don’t look UP.....................

[CodeToad]

ROFL!

[libertarian27]

That guy’s a baby :>)

The ones around here run bigger than Crows. First one I saw, few years ago, I said “What the heck was that?”
(ok, not heck)
Walking around the woods you’ll see big swaths of bark on the ground - you know where Woody has been....they seem to like the garage too....

[Faith]

Love those guys. They always let you know when they’re around.

[Captain Peter Blood]

Another false sighting like we had here in Arkansas and they spent at least $10 Million looking for it.
The only known recordings of this bird were made during the Depression on the most primitive of recording machinery.
No amount of Digital enhancement will help that recording.
All of these people have not found one carcass or anything else to prove this bird is alive and well.
They all want it so bad they have convinced themselves what they think they have seen is the bird itself.

[poobear]

Yes, but the Pileated woodpecker has a black beak and has less white markings. I spotted a pair of these rare white billed woodpeckers after the hurricanes stirred up all the wildlife during the hurricanes of 2004. Cornell Lab said there were many sitings but people were too busy trying to dig out of there demolished homes to take pictures. I’m glad finally some are being documented. They are not only rare but very shy. Beautiful birds!

[r9etb]

If there's a "holy grail" for birders, this would be it.

Sweet!

[wardaddy]

Cool

Goes without saying I’m big on woodpeckers...lol

[Bellflower]

For ref.

http://asadl.org/jasa/resource/1/jasman/v129/i3/p1626_s1?isAuthorized=no

[KC Burke]

Central Missouri we have some Pilated. Three times the size of the red bellied or the Downy.

I have on at a place of mine that comes to my suet feeder as regualar as a grandfather clock. 6:00 am, 11:00 am, 5:00 pm — almost every day as he works his way aroung the cove.

[Osage Orange]

Ha!!..

Never thought about that....

[Osage Orange]

I think we have 2 or 3 around here.....

[Vinnie]

If my son sees this article he’ll be booking a flight to New Orleans.

[cripplecreek]

We have Ladder backed, Hairy, Red Headed, Yellow Bellied, Flicker, and Pileated here. All but the pileated come to the feeders.

The red headed woodpeckers feed on the ground a lot during the summer. Seems that they love ants.

[Red Badger]

It’s great this time of year!................Not too hot or humid yet!.............

[Red Badger]

We gots lots of fire ants for them to eat!.............

[TxDas]

If you see one on your farm or ranch don’t tell anyone because the Feds will make you cease and desist any activity that may disturb it. So you will go bankrupt and your land will be worthless.

Sort of like Odumbass is going to do to the oil drillers in TX or that stupid lizard.

[MomwithHope]

Way cool, we have pileates here in Michigan and haev seen them many times on our 10 acres, just a few days ago I watched a pair checking out a tree very near the house. Hope they pick that one.

[fish hawk]

The Pileated Woodpecker was very sacred and valuable to my tribe (Yurok; N.Calif.Klamath River) I doubt if the average Joe could tell the difference between the two birds.

[LibFreeOrDie]