For our Levergunners from the South.....

[.45colt]

Hello All, two weeks ago We went to stay in the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee . We were gifted a small sum to pay for a big A frame log cabin for a week for the whole Family our Kids and Grandkids.. one day while all the kids and Adults went into Gatlinburg I stayed back sitting on the big back porch that overlooked a flowing creek. about 60' down the bank was a rotten stump . I saw a flash and the biggest Woodpecker I have ever seen went to work on it. here in Ohio I have seen hundreds of big Pileated Woodpeckers. this one was bigger and brighter colored , His head was solid Red. He didn't hang around long.
So I get home and look them up , and it was an "Ivory Billed Woodpecker" . what I have found out is they are near extinction .
Anybody else ever seen one? How I wish I could have gotten some pictures of it. He looked like something from a Disney Cartoon.

[AJMD429]

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There is new news on that front...

https://www.adventure-journal.com/2022/ ... after-all/

[gamekeeper]

That's what I call being in the right place at the right time.... beautiful bird I hope their numbers recover.

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[Tycer]

That’s cool
We have pileated all around us. We love their call.

[2ndovc]

Cool.
Beautiful bird.

jb

[.45colt]

Thanks for the replies. that bird was so cool looking I was just about in shock. My Wife got some pictures on Her cell phone but by that time it was much further away.

[piller]

Very cool.

[Pisgah]

They have also been called the "Oh My God Bird", because that is what people usually say when they see one. A friend and I saw one 50 years ago in the Congaree Swamp, in a time when they were saying it was long gone.