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04-29-2005, 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by jr's3800
The closest I have seen to that was some large woodpeckers we have here in FL... Looked in a tree to figure out what sounded a bit like a jack hammer and there was this huge woodpecker in the tree.... Must have been 1ft tall.... Freaked me out... That was 10 or 11 years ago... Never saw another one..
If so then it'* a Pileated woodpecker. Great huge mothers they are, too. And they've got a nasty tendency to hammer on metal gutters, you ain't never heard a racket like that!
Yet another of my little hobbies: casual birdwatching. I don't go out of my way, or fly to other states to see birds, or anything obsessive like that, but if something odd shows up close to home I might drive out to see it.
I also like to carry a small pair of binoculars when I go for my walks at the local parks.
04-30-2005, 10:50 AM
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Originally Posted by GonneVille
Originally Posted by jr's3800
The closest I have seen to that was some large woodpeckers we have here in FL... Looked in a tree to figure out what sounded a bit like a jack hammer and there was this huge woodpecker in the tree.... Must have been 1ft tall.... Freaked me out... That was 10 or 11 years ago... Never saw another one..
If so then it'* a Pileated woodpecker. Great huge mothers they are, too. And they've got a nasty tendency to hammer on metal gutters, you ain't never heard a racket like that!
Yet another of my little hobbies: casual birdwatching. I don't go out of my way, or fly to other states to see birds, or anything obsessive like that, but if something odd shows up close to home I might drive out to see it.
I also like to carry a small pair of binoculars when I go for my walks at the local parks.
We do have a lot of Peacocks around here tho...
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05-01-2005, 05:56 AM
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Originally Posted by GonneVille
Ouch. Not exactly environmentally concious here, are we?
J/K to a point :P
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had a wood pecker in our yard when we first moved here, was there for 2 years, either died or flew off, it was a cute little bugger, smaller than a cardinal with marbled b&w, no red, it was chubby lookin with a kinda short tail
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Well, luckily for the precious woodpeckers, we don't give much of a **** about Arkansas as it is...
05-01-2005, 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by NERV
had a wood pecker in our yard when we first moved here, was there for 2 years, either died or flew off, it was a cute little bugger, smaller than a cardinal with marbled b&w, no red, it was chubby lookin with a kinda short tail
^Male Downy woodpecker. Female has no red on the head. About the same size as a bluebird.
^Male Hairy woodpecker. Again the female has no red on the back of the head. About the same size as a starling.
jr's3800,
Is this what you had in your tree? It'* a Pileated woodpecker. Really f*cking big.
05-01-2005, 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Krazy Kyle
Well, luckily for the precious woodpeckers, we don't give much of a ***^ about Arkansas as it is...
LMAO
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Our ecosystem is more important than most people think. Even though this bird doesn't have a large footprint, it'* good to see it'* still around. There'* a lot of aesthetic value involved here.
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Originally Posted by GonneVille
jr's3800,
Is this what you had in your tree? It'* a Pileated woodpecker. Really f*cking big.
Is this what you had in your tree? It'* a Pileated woodpecker. Really f*cking big.
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