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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / April 2005OT Ivory Bill is Back
If you're a birdwatcher, or bird lover, this should make you delirious. A giant ivory-billed woodpecker, last seen in the 1940s(!!!) has been spotted -- and videoed-- in an Arkansas swamp. I always felt truly gypped that thisfantastic bird had been driven to extinction before my time. It just feels indescribably good that there may be a few of them hanging on. May they continue in peace. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/04/0428_050428_extinctwoodpecker.html Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com I was hearing about that this morning. I would sure love to see one. > If you're a birdwatcher, or bird lover, this should make you > delirious. A giant ivory-billed woodpecker, last seen in the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > to extinction before my time. It just feels indescribably good that > there may be a few of them hanging on. May they continue in peace. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/04/0428_050428_extinctwoodpecker.html > Theresa > Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh > My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com >I was hearing about that this morning. I would sure love to see one. I have seen lots of pileated, and that's a nice bird, but the ivory bill is supposed to be like a "pileated on steroids." I've only seen pictures, of course, but they look breathtaking. I would love to see one, too, but I'm just glad to know that they are around. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com >> I was hearing about that this morning. I would sure love to see one. > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh > My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com Did you see the video clip? They showed it on the news tonight. It's pretty exciting to know they are there. This is so fabulous! I'm forwarding this to my bird-watching buddies. thanks for posting! Christine > If you're a birdwatcher, or bird lover, this should make you > delirious. A giant ivory-billed woodpecker, last seen in the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > to extinction before my time. It just feels indescribably good that > there may be a few of them hanging on. May they continue in peace. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/04/0428_050428_extinctwoodpecker.html > Theresa > Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh > My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com > If you're a birdwatcher, or bird lover, this should make you > delirious. A giant ivory-billed woodpecker, last seen in the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > to extinction before my time. It just feels indescribably good that > there may be a few of them hanging on. May they continue in peace. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/04/0428_050428_extinctwoodpecker.html > Theresa > Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh > My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com I'm glad they've documented the resurgence of this wonderful bird. I hope they can document more about it and for people to stop destroying their habitat. I hate that humans think they are the only creatures occupying this earth. Drives me nuts. Thanks for sharing this, Theresa. Jill Your woodpecker is famous, Theresa! His Arkansas sightings made our local papers...and I always kinda liked 'peckers....not as much as owls, but simply because they annoy the h**l out of people....... >> If you're a birdwatcher, or bird lover, this should make you >> delirious. A giant ivory-billed woodpecker, last seen in the [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Jill > Your woodpecker is famous, Theresa! His Arkansas sightings made our > local papers...and I always kinda > liked 'peckers....not as much as owls, but simply because > they annoy the h**l out of people....... I have a male red-bellied woodpecker that comes around. I have a metal chimney and he gets up there on the roof and bang! bang! bang! Announcing his territory. First time I heard it I thought someone was on my patio making a drum out of my kettle grill! Seriously, I checked to see if someone was on my patio. Then I spotted this big woodpecker on the roof by the chimney. I also had a pair of tiny downey's who eat at my suet feeder. I used to have a sweetgum tree in the corner of my patio but the apartment management cut it down :( I'd watch the tiny downey's scoot up and down the tree and hop over to my suet feeder for hours.) They still come if I put out suet but it's not the same as watching them do the scoot up and down the tree thing. I love watching woodpeckers! Jill >>> If you're a birdwatcher, or bird lover, this should make you >>> delirious. A giant ivory-billed woodpecker, last seen in the [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >>> to extinction before my time. It just feels indescribably good that >>> there may be a few of them hanging on. May they continue in peace. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/04/0428_050428_extinctwoodpecker.html >>> Theresa >>> Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >> >> Jill > thing. I love watching woodpeckers! I like them too! Tom was very excited about the ivory bill, he even mentioned it in his Daily Muse... :) He's a big time bird nerd, which is probably why we keep a steady supply of food for various species in our half a dozen bird feeders. I'm telling you, we're suckers for feeding critters...  SignatureVictor M. Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >> Your woodpecker is famous, Theresa! His Arkansas sightings made our >> local papers...and I always kinda [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >someone was on my patio. Then I spotted this big woodpecker on the roof by >the chimney. Yes, That's it! Real woodpecker b*st*rd bird behavior! ;) >I also had a pair of tiny downey's who eat at my suet feeder. I used to >have a sweetgum tree in the corner of my patio but the apartment management >cut it down :( I'd watch the tiny downey's scoot up and down the tree and >hop over to my suet feeder for hours.) They still come if I put out suet >but it's not the same as watching them do the scoot up and down the tree >thing. I love watching woodpeckers! Yes, they are really cute. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com >Your woodpecker is famous, Theresa! His Arkansas sightings made our local >papers...and I always kinda >liked 'peckers....not as much as owls, but simply because >they annoy the h**l out of people....... We have a lot of little woodpeckers here-- downy woodpeckers, they are tiny guys, but they make BIG noise. The thing that cracks me up about these little guys is that they prefer to drum things that make LOUD noises-- they like to drum on aluminum siding, and metal garbage can lids. Little b*st*rd birds. ;) Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com >> Your woodpecker is famous, Theresa! His Arkansas sightings made our >> local papers...and I always kinda [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh > My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com But they are soooo cute! I remember the first time I pulled into the driveway after I'd hung my suet feeder... I can see my patio fence from the driveway. I stopped - what's that? A tiny male downey hanging on the side of the fence. I'd never seen one before but I knew. So I drove on in, parked and ran to get my bird book. Sure enough! I went out on the patio and sat on the swing and watched him all afternoon alternately eating the suet, climbing the fence and my (then) tree. His mate joined him. It was quite a sight to watch the two of them scurrying around! Too cute. Jill <--loves birds >>> Your woodpecker is famous, Theresa! His Arkansas sightings made our >>> local papers...and I always kinda [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > >Jill <--loves birds Yes, they are darn cute. They are the only woodpecker that lives around here in large numbers. When I go into the park for an early morning run, I can hear them drumming. Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com I have a couple of bird ID books that showed a picture of an Ivory Billed woodpecker, even though the notation said that the bird was believed to be extinct. (Actually, the one book is an updated edition of the previous one, so they have a lot of similar content.) I've always wondered why a graphic of a possibly extinct bird was included. But now I get it. It's because they wanted to be SURE that if someone saw the bird, they'd recognize it and realize that the bird wasn't extinct after all. This is great news! :o) Donna It's always a good thing to have more birdies in the world! Captain and Stanley
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