Guess what!? More birds!

[hellziggy]

mle292 mentioned earlier that we should all post more pictures, but I'm pretty sure she didn't mean for me to post more bird pictures...

Anyway, today I saw a great big ol' pileated woodpecker! These are the ones that are like a foot and a half tall.


Pileated Woodpecker, female, Dryocopus pileatus

Actually, I saw two of them, but didn't get a non-blurry picture with both.

Comments

[sleepingzebras.livejournal.com]

AMAZING!!! Where did you see them? They're another bird I've never seen :)

[mle292.livejournal.com]

but I'm pretty sure she didn't mean for me to post more bird pictures...

I'm liking the bird pictures.
Woodpeckers even! :)

[spikeylover.livejournal.com]

We use to have those at our house.. I thought they were nearly extinct?

[hellziggy.livejournal.com]

Here!: http://www.minneapolisparks.org/default.asp?PageID=4&parkid=340

The wildflower garden/bird sanctuary at Theo Wirth park.

[hellziggy.livejournal.com]

You might be thinking of ivory-billed woodpeckers for the nearly extinct part. They actually were thought to be extinct since the early 1900s until last year when someone claimed to have seen one.

"The crow-sized pileated woodpecker is as common as pig tracks."

That quote is from this article:

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/accent/content/accent/epaper/2006/07/23/a7d_roncol_0723.html

[hellziggy.livejournal.com]

Yay! They make yummy cider too!