ENTS-- There is still a concerted effort being undertaken in Arkansas to definitively locate ivory-billed woodpeckers, and sightings are still being reported in some locations.? I try to keep my eyes peeled whenever I'm traveling in appropriate bottomland hardwood habitat, but so far, no such luck.
I have found myself much more aware of woodpeckers over the last 4 years or so, and I have seen a lot of pileated woodpeckers, both flying and scaling trees.? My experiences with pileateds lead me to believe those knowledgeable observers more now than in the past--while pileateds and ivory-bills are somewhat similar, their differences would be apparent to a trained eye almost immediately. Don ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Don C. Bragg, Ph.D. Research Forester USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station [email protected] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The opinions expressed in this message are my own, and not necessarily those of the Southern Research Station, the Forest Service, or the USDA. -----Original Message----- From: Ren <[email protected]> To: ENTSTrees <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:07 am Subject: [ENTS] Re: 1981 Sighting of Ivory- Billed Woodpecker George; My sons and saw either an Ivory Bill or a Pileated woodpecker pair that were nesting in a hollow Sycamore on Lewis Creek in the Cumberland River Gorge nr. Burkesville KY in 2003. We reported the sighting to UK but got mostly naysayers, who never even showed to look. The pair moved when a Levee building project earth moving got too close to the tree. Ever time we tried to sneak up on them to take a photo they'd retire. Shy birds but very noisy when they thought they were alone. We've wondered ever since which specie they were. Many River gorge areas have lots of wildlife that use the corridor as a refuge from human activity on the plateau or Mountains around them. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
