As mentioned in Steve Bouricius's recent post, Bailey and Niedrach's "Birds of Colorado," 1965, pp 485-486 does describe some single observer sightings for Pileated Woodpecker in Colorado from as far back as 1897 to 1962. One of these reports was from Supreme Court Justice, William O. Douglas, a person of unimpeachable integrity, but possibly shaky birding skills. None of these have been accepted on the Colorado State List. Bob Righter and Bob Andrews, in "Colorado BIrds," 1992, do not even mention the species in Appendix I, "Other species reported from Colorado." When reading the old accounts, the sightings have been "unmistakable," but I fear that because this bird is so easy to identify, observers in the past might have been prone to name the bird by gestalt and not bother to notice or record any field mark. - witness, the Ivory-billed Woodpecker brouhaha. The Pileated Woodpecker or "Cock-of-the-Woods," breeds to the northwest and to the east of Colorado, but is a sedentary species, not prone to following the paths of Sooty Terns or Tropical Parulas. I hope the sighting turns out to be valid of course. Joe Roller, Denver **************Cooking Dinner For Two? Sign Up & Get Immediate Member-Only Savings. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222652750x1201460983/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B215225797%3B37274671%3Bq%3Fhttp:%2 F%2Frecipes.cookingfor2.pillsbury.com%2F%3FESRC%3D934)
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