OT--Return of the Ivory Billed Woodpecker!!
Marilee
This woodpecker was thought to have been extinct! I've read about them off
and on my entire life, and am thrilled that they may still be with us.
Marilee
Mickey
pic was a bit blurry but they were there.
in the past two weeks, i've noticed lots of different birds returning to the
feeder. the yellow finches are back and they are definitely a favorite of
mine.
mickey
"Marilee" <marilee....@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Marilee
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> yes, they are still with us. i saw the news clip on t.v. last night. the
> pic was a bit blurry but they were there.
>
> in the past two weeks, i've noticed lots of different birds returning to
> the
> feeder. the yellow finches are back and they are definitely a favorite of
> mine.
The goldfinches have turned yellow here, too. :)
I bought 6 bags of oranges @ $1.00 each at the grocery store today for the
orioles that should be arriving any time, now.
Marilee
Mickey
when most of the feeding takes place. hopefully, i'll be able to observe
more on the weekends.
mickey
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Priscilla H. Ballou
Yeah, I read about it in the NYTimes this morning. I loved the part in
the article where it talked about the naturalists choking up. :-)
Priscilla
Cathy Friedmann
> pic was a bit blurry but they were there.
Yep, I saw that too. Heard about the sighting the day before on the radio &
once I saw the image, could see why they're called "ivory billed".
> in the past two weeks, i've noticed lots of different birds returning to
the
> feeder. the yellow finches are back and they are definitely a favorite of
> mine.
For the first time that I've ever noticed, I had goldfinches here during the
winter, at my feeder. :-) Their plumage has just turned back to their
bright yellow summer coloring in the last couple of weeks.
Cathy
Chakolate
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One account I read said there have been several (eight?) sightings. Does
that mean that there is a colony or some such? IOW, it can't be just one
or two, right?
Chak, not exactly a naturalist
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Marilee
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> "Marilee" <marilee....@gmail.com> wrote in
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>> http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4622633
>>
>> This woodpecker was thought to have been extinct! I've read about
>> them off and on my entire life, and am thrilled that they may still be
>> with us.
>
> One account I read said there have been several (eight?) sightings. Does
> that mean that there is a colony or some such? IOW, it can't be just one
> or two, right?
It's probably more than one or two; after all, there'd have to have been
enough to procreate all of these years. I'll bet it's not too darned many,
though. As far as eight sightings--several of those could have been the
same bird. Birders, you know, will travel miles to see a rare species.
If I knew for a fact that a trip to Arkansas would result in my seeing an
ivory billed woodpecker I'd be making plans today. Since there have been so
few people fortunate enough to catch a glimpse, I'm not wasting my time or
money. There are birds living right around my house that I see only once
every year or three, and they're not rare!
Marilee
Priscilla Ballou
Chakolate <chakolateDea...@allvantage.com> wrote:
> One account I read said there have been several (eight?) sightings. Does
> that mean that there is a colony or some such? IOW, it can't be just one
> or two, right?
>
> Chak, not exactly a naturalist
They were thought extinct over 60 years ago, and they live for approx.
15 years, so there must have been sufficient population to sustain them
for four generations. I don't know how large a population is necessary
for sufficient genetic diversity, though, beyond the question of enough
males/females. Will birds mate with siblings or parents, I wonder.
Priscilla
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