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This was one heck of a shot
Oct 19, 2011 20:42:55 #
tainkc wrote:
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An Ivory Billed WP and a Pilated WP look very much alike but one or the other hasn't been spotted in this country in a lot of years and I'm not sure which one it is that's so rare. I saw a special on tv about an instance of where they thought one or the other had been spotted in some swamp in Florida. A team went into the area but were unsuccessful. That bird in the top of the pine tree - if that's the bird with the big wingspan you mention, I have no idea what it might be. It looks sort of like an immature female Grackle but they aren't even as big as a crow so that's out. You have me stumped. Taking into account the length of the needles on that tree, it wouldn't appear that that bird could swell up as big as you describe. If you find out, keep us posted. That's a nice pic of that bird, whatever it is.
Oct 19, 2011 20:53:04 #
gessman wrote:
No, this one is about the size of an adult Blue Jay. quote=tainkc quote=tainkc quote=SQUIRL033 quot... (show quote)
Oct 19, 2011 21:09:17 #
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I'd be figuring on that one in the tree to be a grackle. About that big bird, I know when I was growing up there about 40 miles south of where you were, we had some pretty big woodpeckers, red-headed ones. I'd say if they're seeing Pilated WP in NC that would want to be the un-rare variety.
Could be an Ivory Bill and they were about 20 inches long with a 30 inch wingspan, almost 3 ft. Wiki says they were considered extinct in the 1920s but there were supposed sightings in the 1940s and 1990s, that one I was talking about in Florida. They were in Arkansas earlier. It could be that's what you saw. I think Cornell University is hot on the trail of one. Maybe you ought to call their zoology department and tell them what you think you saw.
SQUIRL033 wrote:
No, this one is about the size of an adult Blue Jay.
BBNC wrote:
Sounds like a Pileated Woodpecker...fairly common here in western North Carolina.
No, this one is about the size of an adult Blue Jay.
I'd be figuring on that one in the tree to be a grackle. About that big bird, I know when I was growing up there about 40 miles south of where you were, we had some pretty big woodpeckers, red-headed ones. I'd say if they're seeing Pilated WP in NC that would want to be the un-rare variety.
Could be an Ivory Bill and they were about 20 inches long with a 30 inch wingspan, almost 3 ft. Wiki says they were considered extinct in the 1920s but there were supposed sightings in the 1940s and 1990s, that one I was talking about in Florida. They were in Arkansas earlier. It could be that's what you saw. I think Cornell University is hot on the trail of one. Maybe you ought to call their zoology department and tell them what you think you saw.
Ivory Bill
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Oct 19, 2011 21:17:54 #
tainkc wrote:
I know this is not the greatest but let me tell ya... (show quote)
Very good looking wood pecker.
Oct 19, 2011 23:22:11 #
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tainkc wrote:
Just think; if I had only gotten a picture. I would be rich right now. LOL. quote=SQUIRL033 quote=BBNC Sounds like a Pileate... (show quote)
Oct 19, 2011 23:31:46 #
"Just think; if I had only gotten a picture. I would be rich right now. LOL."
Could be. How's your foot coming along?
Could be. How's your foot coming along?
Oct 20, 2011 17:24:17 #
gessman wrote:
Thank you for asking. It is still swelled and it throbs like a son of a gun. I am taking anti inflammatory medicine but it is not working. Good news is that I am walking pretty normal for the best part."Just think; if I had only gotten a picture. I would be rich right now. LOL."
Could be. How's your foot coming along?
Could be. How's your foot coming along?
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Oct 20, 2011 17:39:52 #
tainkc wrote:
gessman wrote:
Thank you for asking. It is still swelled and it throbs like a son of a gun. I am taking anti inflammatory medicine but it is not working. Good news is that I am walking pretty normal for the best part."Just think; if I had only gotten a picture. I would be rich right now. LOL."
Could be. How's your foot coming along?
Could be. How's your foot coming along?
You did go down there to soak it in the therapeutic water, did you not - Eureka Springs.
Oct 20, 2011 22:33:06 #
gessman wrote:
You did go down there to soak it in the therapeutic water, did you not - Eureka Springs.
tainkc wrote:
gessman wrote:
Thank you for asking. It is still swelled and it throbs like a son of a gun. I am taking anti inflammatory medicine but it is not working. Good news is that I am walking pretty normal for the best part."Just think; if I had only gotten a picture. I would be rich right now. LOL."
Could be. How's your foot coming along?
Could be. How's your foot coming along?
You did go down there to soak it in the therapeutic water, did you not - Eureka Springs.
Stupid me. And we were right there!
Oct 24, 2011 19:31:52 #
From what I am seeing the red shafted flicker has speckles on its belly and a black bib. This bird doesn't have either.
http://www.birds-of-north-america.net/red-shafted-flicker.html
Red bellied woodpecker have neither bib nor speckles and that would be my guess on this guy though the picture is not clear enough to tell for sure. His head should be redder...
http://www.birds-of-north-america.net/red-shafted-flicker.html
Red bellied woodpecker have neither bib nor speckles and that would be my guess on this guy though the picture is not clear enough to tell for sure. His head should be redder...
Oct 24, 2011 19:52:51 #
Country's Mama wrote:
From what I am seeing the red shafted flicker has speckles on its belly and a black bib. This bird doesn't have either.
http://www.birds-of-north-america.net/red-shafted-flicker.html
Red bellied woodpecker have neither bib nor speckles and that would be my guess on this guy though the picture is not clear enough to tell for sure. His head should be redder...
http://www.birds-of-north-america.net/red-shafted-flicker.html
Red bellied woodpecker have neither bib nor speckles and that would be my guess on this guy though the picture is not clear enough to tell for sure. His head should be redder...
Certainly looks like you could be onto something there. It's tricky with birds because of the difference in males and females and then immature birds of both sexes. I don't know if flickers come with spots and a bib or develop them. The bird in the image, what we can see, as you said, begins to resemble the red bellied woodpecker more than the flicker. The red on the back of the head doesn't seem to be quite as prominent as the google images of the woodpecker but I don't suppose that matters. It could just be a henpecked male who lost his feathers. :-)
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Oct 24, 2011 19:54:22 #
Oct 24, 2011 20:00:59 #
gessman wrote:
quote=Country's Mama From what I am seeing the re... (show quote)
You are right. Some of these guys are tricky. I had three books out and the internet and I couldn't positively ID him. But could pretty much rule out flicker. :-)
Oct 24, 2011 20:09:06 #
That's a fantastic shot, especially if he was way up in a tree. I love that you caught him with something in his mouth. I thought they ate little bugs inside the trees, but if I had to beat my face against a wall to get a steak I might go vegetarian too (but probably not).
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