Rare Woodpecker Sighted On North Carolina Golf Course!
Curiously, when my lovely and gracious girlfriend and I went to the Florida panhandle last weekend -- and we visited her favorite 'mystical forest' -- it was rich with woodpeckers. Cool boids!
Aren't they a little late? You would think enviros would have wanted this to be released prior to the FAA approving last week that a new airport could be built in Panama City area.
When I lived in Panama City (2001-04) we had lots of woodpeckers in our backyard. Cool little birds.
I don't know if I actually believe this or not. I think I am going to wait for solid evidence.
Birders Excited About Woodpecker Sightings (Ivory Bill - Florida)
In other news, riot police and National Guard units were called in when the birders became disorderly in a pre-dawn celebration. Cars were over-turned and set ablaze and stores looted.
"In all my years of law enforcement, I've never witnesseed anything like this," said one police official. "We've hit them with tear gas, rubber bullets and fire hoses, but they just keep rioting. I don't know if they're drunk, drugged or just hyped up about the woodpecker, but this has got to end."
I know folks with a place in the country north of PC. About two years ago, we saw a exceptionally big Woodpecker in their woods. However, they haven't seen one since.
Do they taste like chicken?
Campophilus Principalis
I would like to see a woodpecker that big..
On my land in Tx I have the Red Bellied Woodpecker and will leave some dead trees standing just for him.
(or them, as there may be 2 or more)
http://www.audubon.org/chapter/tx/tx/jr/docs/birds_of_texas/red_bellied_woodpecker.html
My rarest sighting here in MA: a rose-breasted grossbeak. Pretty bird.
heh heh...his name is Bill Finch.
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Without pics, somebody will come along and peck holes in their story.
While at our NW Florida "camp" this past weekend, I saw the biggest woodpecker I hav e ever seen. He may have been a pileated woodpecker but sooo pretty. He lit in a tree about 15 feet away and I watched him for awhile. We heard his drumming several times.
Hmmmmm.....thoght this woodpecker was found "hidin' out in Arkansas in 2002 or 3. These guys seem to think so.....
http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/general/columns/story?columnist=sutton_keith&page=g_col_sutton_ivory-bill_before-after
I won't believe it until I see it. Those scientists need to go back to that swamp, shoot one and bring it's body back for all to see.