[mou] FYI.. Ivory-Billed Woodpecker ??
Chuck Cole
cncole@earthlink.net
Thu, 17 Mar 2005 15:37:09 -0600
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I just dropped in.. more of a wildlife photographer than a birder per se, but..
I lived near Orlando FL until moving here in '86. Ivory-Billed Woodpeckers lived in a tall tree in a city park (Kraft Azalea Park)
on Lake Maitland. I tried photographing them several times, but the only decent vantage point was on my small boat out in the lake,
so I could not use my long lenses effectively. I do/did have some crummy photos from about 1980, however.
Recently was curious whether they are ever here, and found the notice that the Ivory-Billed has not been sighted anywhere since
1960. I think the pileated has, however. Called the park superintendent yesterday to inquire: he says he saw them yearly as
recently as last year, but that storm damage has downed some of their trees and he hasn't had opportunity to look this year.
I think these reports may be in error, because I saw the so-called extinct Florida Panther regularly c1984 and it was officially
discovered "not extinct" a year or so later after some friends and I reported some easily verifiable sighting locations and times to
the Game & Fish Department (FL equiv of DNR).
I doubt the Ivory-Billed would be this far North, but is the pileated woodpecker seen around here?
Chuck
Dakota County - AV
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff><SPAN =
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dropped in.. more of a wildlife photographer than a birder per se, =
but..</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff><SPAN =
class=3D910491021-17032005>I lived=20
near Orlando FL until moving here in '86. Ivory-Billed =
Woodpeckers=20
lived in a tall tree in a city park (Kraft Azalea Park) on Lake =
Maitland. =20
I tried photographing them several times, but the only decent vantage =
point was=20
on my small boat out in the lake, so I could not use my long lenses=20
effectively. I do/did have some crummy photos from about 1980,=20
however.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff><SPAN=20
class=3D910491021-17032005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff><SPAN =
class=3D910491021-17032005>Recently was=20
curious whether they are ever here, and found the notice that the =
Ivory-Billed=20
has not been sighted anywhere since 1960. I think the pileated =
has,=20
however. Called the park superintendent yesterday to inquire: he =
says he=20
saw them yearly as recently as last year, but that storm damage has =
downed some=20
of their trees and he hasn't had opportunity to look this=20
year.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=3D910491021-17032005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff><SPAN =
class=3D910491021-17032005>I think these=20
reports may be in error, because I saw the so-called extinct Florida =
Panther=20
regularly c1984 and it was officially discovered "not extinct" a year or =
so=20
later after some friends and I reported some easily verifiable sighting=20
locations and times to the Game & Fish Department (FL equiv of=20
DNR).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=3D910491021-17032005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff><SPAN =
class=3D910491021-17032005><SPAN=20
class=3D910491021-17032005>I doubt the Ivory-Billed would be this far =
North, but=20
is the pileated woodpecker seen around here?</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial color=3D#0000ff><SPAN =
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class=3D910491021-17032005>Chuck</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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AV</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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