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03-06-2008, 11:42 PM   #61

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It says I am forbidden to see that image....Whats it called DM, I will google it...
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03-06-2008, 11:45 PM   #62

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This is getting weird...Google downey woodpecker!
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04-06-2008, 08:46 AM   #63

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Female....






Male..




Downy Woodpecker..........

They are slightly more colourful than ours....beautiful birds...
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04-06-2008, 10:31 AM   #64

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Thanks Moli! I also got "Forbidden" on that link - so glad I can now see the downey woodpeckers. I think "downey" fits them well, they seem a bit, well, more "fluffy" than ours!
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04-06-2008, 04:17 PM   #65

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Thanks, Moli! I didn't know I was posting a "taboo" image...; they are really cute perky little things.

Have you ever heard of the ivory billed woodpecker? It's an absolutely huge bird that frequented the Southern area of the country, principally in swampy areas; it has been supposedly extinct for ages but there have been some sightings in the last few years!! No one has managed to get a pic, but birders are still looking. Wouldn't it be great if this elusive bird has survived?
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04-06-2008, 07:05 PM   #66

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Its beautiful....just read all about it on google...


http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:...aspx%3Fx%3D330
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04-06-2008, 07:07 PM   #67

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http://www.birds.cornell.edu/ivory
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04-06-2008, 07:08 PM   #68

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Originally Posted by dandysmom
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Have you ever heard of the ivory billed woodpecker? It's an absolutely huge bird that frequented the Southern area of the country, principally in swampy areas; it has been supposedly extinct for ages but there have been some sightings in the last few years!! No one has managed to get a pic, but birders are still looking. Wouldn't it be great if this elusive bird has survived?
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I had to see if I could find out anything about the ivory billed woodpecker and found this link ......http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory_billed_woodpecker

....it certainly is a big bird - 30" wing span!!



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12-06-2008, 07:31 PM   #69

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We had this little chap on one of our nut feeders just now. I looked him up, and it seems that in America a very similar bird is called the Red-Breasted Nuthatch. Ours is just called a Nuthatch!
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12-06-2008, 08:05 PM   #70

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He's cute!
Here's ours..hope this isn't another "forbidden" link......
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