Thanks to the many who responded to my query! Looks like I'm pretty much out of luck trying to get a Pileated Woodpecker as a BIGBY bird. You know the old saying "a picture is worth a thousand words"? Well, this breeding bird atlas map pretty much sums it up: http://www.uwgb.edu/birds/wbba/species/maps/PIWO.htm Thanks to Karen Etter Hale for sending me the link. Bernie Sloan Milwaukee --- On Sun, 2/6/11, B.G. Sloan <bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: B.G. Sloan <bgsloan2@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [wisb] Pileated Woodpeckers in Milwaukee area? > To: "wisbirdn" <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sunday, February 6, 2011, 2:21 PM > Anyone have suggestions for a spot > near Milwaukee where you can reliably see Pileated > Woodpeckers? And is there such a spot near my BIGBY route? > > When I lived in southern Indiana they were an everyday bird > for me. I once recorded seven different individuals in a > half hour. Anyway, I miss these birds and I would like to > see them again. > > Thanks in advance! > > Bernie Sloan > Milwaukee > > > > #################### > You received this email because you are subscribed to the > Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). > To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface > at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. > To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web > interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. > Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn. > > > #################### You received this email because you are subscribed to the Wisconsin Birding Network (Wisbirdn). To UNSUBSCRIBE or SUBSCRIBE, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. To set DIGEST or VACATION modes, use the Wisbirdn web interface at: //www.freelists.org/list/wisbirdn. Visit Wisbirdn ARCHIVES at: //www.freelists.org/archives/wisbirdn.