An ivory-billed woodpecker, in an undated still photo taken from video and provided by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY/AP
An ivory-billed woodpecker, in an undated still photo taken from video and provided by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY/AP
PPPPPIIIINNNNGGGG!......................
Lower picture has a glint in the eye that suggests that surprises are coming.
Upper picture just looks stoned.
Too much hammering.
Stop the hammering!
That’s a big pecker…
One of the problems is that the ivory-billed wood-pecker is known to live among the treetops of old growth forest, making it very hard to observe from the ground. Some researchers have used drones to record stretches of forest from above and come up with very suggestive images. Still. the “experts” are quite sure of themselves, as usual.
I suspect the woodpecker is competing against big foot for the world hide and seek champion..
As long as the prothonotary warblers don’t go extinct!
That bird is the Condor of Woodies!
I’ve never seen a Woodpecker anywhere near that size. I saw one in Novato, California a few years ago.
The knock knocking sound of his pecking got my attention. It was at the Indian Valley Local College. This bird wasn’t much bigger than a full grown parakeet.
You would think they would be giving their little bird brains a concussion, all that drilling into trees and all.
I’m still pursuing the elusive Round-breasted Mattress Thrasher.
It looks a lot like a Pileated Woodpecker, of which we have many here in the NE
Next time, shoot it and see what you got.
Does it have beautiful plumage like the Norwegian Blue?
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I truly hope they still exist. Magnificent birds. My bucket list was added to recently when I got to see a Painted Bunting at my sister’s place in the Texas Hill Country. Beautiful birds.