[va-richmond-general] Re: Fwd: IVORY BILLED WOODPECKER SIGHTING

  • From: Penny Reynolds <psreynolds@xxxxxxx>
  • To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 17:07:27 -0400

Wow.Without actually telling her she's nuts, maybe you could ask her if 
she has photographs? Does she really know the difference between 
species? When I worked for the DNR in Wisconsin we got a couple of these 
calls  per year - one well meaning person was quite postive he had an 
adult Ivory bill and 2 little ones. It turned out to be a Pileated, and 
2 downy woodpeckers.

Heron329@xxxxxxx wrote:

>I got this email today.  Anybody want to attempt to answer this well meaning 
>person?
>
>Margaret
>
>
>
>From: "Michael O'Hara" <oharamb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <heron329@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: IVORY BILLED WOODPECKER SIGHTING
>Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 12:43:05 -0400
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>Ms. O'Bryan,
>
>    My name is Fran O'Hara and I read in today's local paper (Free-lance
>Star/ Fredericksburg) an article on the Ivory-billed Woodpecker.  My son and
>I observed a pair of theses magnificent birds in our backyard next to Aquia
>Creek on several occasions between Dec 04 and Feb 05.  In February we saw a
>third one that was not as brilliant as the other birds.  I observed then in
>trees along the creek and in our yard.  Never have I seen such brilliant
>birds, both in color and size.
>
>Fran M. O'Hara
>2046 Aquia Drive
>Stafford, VA 22554
>540-720-4198
> 
>P.S. I know the difference between a Pileated Woodpecker and this
>Ivory-billed Woodpecker.
>
>  
>

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