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In reply to the discussion: Ivory-billed woodpecker officially declared extinct, along with 22 other species [View all]Bayard
(21,801 posts)22. Woodpeckers are considered a big nuisance in the area of Calif. where I lived
Down the road from Kings Canyon./Sequoia National Parks.
They will make swiss cheese out of any kind of wood structure to hide their vast collection of acorns. My little old farmhouse, and huge garage, were both wooden. There were whole sections of pecker wood. I finally got the rest of my stuff shipped here, after years in storage out there. Some of it was chock full of acorns.
They are protected (don't know what variety they were), but people shoot them anyway because of the damage they cause. The fate of the Ivory-Billed is very sad, however. Doesn't sound like they ever harmed anything, but we killed them off anyway.
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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