Will, The Piliated woodpecker is a large bird but it is about 1/3 smaller than a ivory billed.
Bruce On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Will Fell <[email protected]> wrote: > > We have the pileated woodpecker here in southeast GA and it is also > common in the swamp. The pileated WP is as large as the Ivory Billed > and similarly colored with the red crest and black and white wings in > flight. > > On Feb 10, 12:00 am, "George Fieo" <[email protected]> wrote: >> ENTS, >> >> In April of 1981 my family and I vacationed in St. Mary's, Georgia to visit >> with family on my mothers side. St. Mary's is on the Georgia, Florida >> border which is divided by the St. Mary's River along the Atlantic Coast. I >> was at my uncles house, which sits on the St. Mary's River, and was sitting >> in a lounge chair out by the pool when I heard a bird calling. It was loud >> and making a ruckus. I looked up and saw the bird land on the trunk of a >> tall skinny tree in my uncles back yard only 20 or 30 yards from where I >> sat. It was and is the largest woodpecker I have ever seen. It reminded me >> of a pterodactyl. It was an Ivory-Billed Woodpecker. It was black and >> white with a red crest and an ivory bill. I watched it there for 20 seconds >> or so before it flew away. I was 10 years old at that time and the image of >> what I saw that day has not faded. A few years ago while at the doctors >> office I read an article about the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker and only then >> learned that the species was declared to be extinct. While browsing through >> the ENTS website I was reminded again of the memory of this woodpecker. >> Today I googled St. Mary's for an aerial view to see if there was an habitat >> to support the woodpecker and I think there may be. Okefenokee National >> Wildlife Refuge is approximately 25 miles west of St. Mary's. It is a vast >> refuge with almost 402,000 acres of longleaf pine and cypress forest, marsh, >> lakes, and islands. This is the first time I have spoke of this to anyone >> outside of my family and feel it should be known, even if it was 25+ years >> ago. I'm glad to share this with ENTS. >> >> George > > > -- Bruce P. Allen Springfield, NH Home 603 763-4672 Cell 603 545-7902 Work 603 646-4480 http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/lianas.htm http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289966,00.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
