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Hopitus - 02 Aug 2005 17:13 GMT

Did you bird-loving cat folks see this AP
news I found in my hometown paper this am? Why would anyone argue the
existence of a cute little (noisy - but 'peckers *are* cute) bird in a
swamp?!
Check this out:

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-82woodpecker,0,7245137.s
tory?coll=sfla-home-headlines

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Kreisleriana - 02 Aug 2005 18:01 GMT

>Did you bird-loving cat folks see this AP
>news I found in my hometown paper this am? Why would anyone argue the
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>http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-82woodpecker,0,7245137.s
tory?coll=sfla-home-headlines

Thanks, Hop-- I've been following the ivory-bill debate, with a litte
disbelief-- the argument has been whether the bird spotted was indeed
the ivory bill or the more common pileated, which resembles the ivory
bill. But seems to me that seasoned birders and ornithologists--
who see the pileated all the time-- would *know* when the bird they
saw is *not* a pileated. Pileateds are pretty big birds, but an ivory
bill would look like a pterodactyl. ;) They ain't little!

OTOH, my neighborhood (downy) 'peckers *are* incredibly cute li'i
guys. ;)

Theresa
Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh
My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com

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jmcquown - 02 Aug 2005 18:42 GMT

>> Did you bird-loving cat folks see this AP
>> news I found in my hometown paper this am? Why would anyone argue the
>> existence of a cute little (noisy - but 'peckers *are* cute) bird in
>> a
>> swamp?!
>> Check this out:

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-82woodpecker,0,7245137.s
tory?coll=sfla-home-headlines

> Thanks, Hop-- I've been following the ivory-bill debate, with a litte
> disbelief-- the argument has been whether the bird spotted was indeed
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> Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh
> My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com

Ah yes! I came home from somewhere (?) the other day and there was a tiny
male downy scooting up and down the tree next to my patio. I feel awful
that I haven't put out any suet this year. It attracts both the downy's and
the red-bellied (which look like larger downy's). I really need to start
feeding those critters again; they are so much fun to watch!

Jill <--refilling the bird bath so the birds can drink and bathe in this
heat

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Hopitus - 02 Aug 2005 18:54 GMT

I amend my former stance of liking only owls....all my former life in s.FL,
there were those you call "red-bellies" knocking on trees, and I always
liked them. I preferred by far their knocking than the obnoxious squawking
and dive-bombing of our cats the mockingbirds and especially bluejays were
fond of doing......I never felt bad when Toopy flipped on her back and *got*
one! At least she'd eat them except the feet. Her fur insulated many a nest
around our house.....LOL.

>>> Did you bird-loving cat folks see this AP
>>> news I found in my hometown paper this am? Why would anyone argue the
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> Jill <--refilling the bird bath so the birds can drink and bathe in this
> heat

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jmcquown - 02 Aug 2005 21:53 GMT

> I amend my former stance of liking only owls....all my former life in
> s.FL,
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> a nest
> around our house.....LOL.

A few years ago I heard this sound from out back; I thought someone was
banging on my Weber kettle grill on the patio! I looked out... no one
there. Then I realized the sound was reverberating down through my
fireplace. It's a metal fireplace with a metal chimney.

I went outside... there was a red-bellied woodpecker on the roof, banging
away at my chimney! I had to laugh. It wasn't trying to dig holes to get
at bugs in a tree. The hammering you hear is also them announcing their
territory to other woodpeckers, warning them to stay away. Mine had found a
spectacular "warning bell" to ring! LOL

Jill

>>>> Did you bird-loving cat folks see this AP
>>>> news I found in my hometown paper this am? Why would anyone argue
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>>>> swamp?!
>>>> Check this out:

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-82woodpecker,0,7245137.s
tory?coll=sfla-home-headlines

>>> Thanks, Hop-- I've been following the ivory-bill debate, with a
>>> litte
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>> this
>> heat

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Kreisleriana - 03 Aug 2005 02:03 GMT

>> I amend my former stance of liking only owls....all my former life in
>> s.FL,
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>Jill

Oh, absolutely yes!! If they can find something louder than the tree
trunks, they will go for it. Trash cans are also big favorites. ;)

Theresa
Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh
My Blog: http://www.humanitas.blogspot.com

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