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Hmm, we have a family of "Ivory-billed woodpeckers" in our backyard, they come and go. Escurumbele Sep 2021 #1
Take a photo and let someone know!! NurseJackie Sep 2021 #2
probably pileated woodpeckers, very similar NewHendoLib Sep 2021 #3
I was thinking that bird looked almost identical to one that nested in my largest oak tree. lark Sep 2021 #5
white areas on wing, size, call, bill color among other aspects NewHendoLib Sep 2021 #6
What is the ivory billed woodpeckers habitat? lark Sep 2021 #8
Remote cypress swamps and bottom land forests in the South, mainly. Nay Sep 2021 #10
their SE virgin forests are all gone which led to their demise NewHendoLib Sep 2021 #12
I saw a pileated woodpecker once, when I was a kid Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 #38
they are common where we now live - one flew over my head, just 10 feet above me, today! NewHendoLib Sep 2021 #39
I can imagine! Rhiannon12866 Sep 2021 #40
Agree with NewHendoLib that it was probably a pilated BumRushDaShow Sep 2021 #4
Thanks so much for this. lark Sep 2021 #7
You are welcome! BumRushDaShow Sep 2021 #13
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
I love Cornell's bird song database and use it a lot BumRushDaShow Sep 2021 #20
That is, surprisingly, not far off from this: LudwigPastorius Sep 2021 #28
LOL BumRushDaShow Sep 2021 #29
I am an 82 years old birdwatcher dem in texas Sep 2021 #34
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
a local database is a great thing to have. mopinko Sep 2021 #32
Downys will steal food out of your hand. 3Hotdogs Sep 2021 #11
HA!!! You just confirmed what I posted here - BumRushDaShow Sep 2021 #16
Woodpeckers are considered a big nuisance in the area of Calif. where I lived Bayard Sep 2021 #22
Well I saw the damage that the Downy woodpecker did to the posts of my sister's deck railing BumRushDaShow Sep 2021 #23
Every Spring, Downys start whacking on our house. paleotn Sep 2021 #25
They seem to be spoiled and want BumRushDaShow Sep 2021 #26
This is sad Botany Sep 2021 #9
i remember reading here about a possible sighting. mopinko Sep 2021 #18
Thank goodness the Pileated Woodpecker is still around. MineralMan Sep 2021 #14
Oscar Owre (RIP) is reunited with his beloved woodpecker Aviation Pro Sep 2021 #15
Preview of Coming Attractions . . . hatrack Sep 2021 #21
This makes me sad. n/t Calista241 Sep 2021 #24
That's too bad MustLoveBeagles Sep 2021 #27
Humans are destroying the only known biosphere in the universe Mysterian Sep 2021 #30
We won! jeffreyi Sep 2021 #33
Please don't send any more turkey vultures! NullTuples Sep 2021 #36
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