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In reply to the discussion: Ivory-billed woodpecker officially declared extinct, along with 22 other species [View all]Escurumbele
(3,389 posts)1. Hmm, we have a family of "Ivory-billed woodpeckers" in our backyard, they come and go.
As a matter of fact, one of them took it on himself to break the side mirrors of my car, luckily he/she just cracked them, so I had to place a bag on the mirrors.
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Ivory-billed woodpecker officially declared extinct, along with 22 other species [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Sep 2021
OP
Hmm, we have a family of "Ivory-billed woodpeckers" in our backyard, they come and go.
Escurumbele
Sep 2021
#1
I was thinking that bird looked almost identical to one that nested in my largest oak tree.
lark
Sep 2021
#5
they are common where we now live - one flew over my head, just 10 feet above me, today!
NewHendoLib
Sep 2021
#39
if you get a recording of woodpeckers, you can play it and they will answer you.
mopinko
Sep 2021
#17
As we walk around in the morning, my husband mimics the birds calls & they call back.
lark
Sep 2021
#19
Growing up, there were many birds that I would hear about that frequented the suburbs
BumRushDaShow
Sep 2021
#35
A neat suggestion! I think I'll do this, go and get recordings of some bird calls from my ...
SWBTATTReg
Sep 2021
#31
Well I saw the damage that the Downy woodpecker did to the posts of my sister's deck railing
BumRushDaShow
Sep 2021
#23