Comments on: See the Only Known Images of the Lost Imperial Woodpecker [Video]

By: loodgieter antwerpen

loodgieter antwerpen — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 14:29:13 +0000

wow what a fantastic bird !!
i hope it stil exsist .
glad that rhein didn’t destroy the footage and that the world can admire the imperial woodpecker.

thank you for sharing
loodgieter antwerpen

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By: Trish

Trish — Tue, 11 Aug 2015 14:28:34 +0000

I saw the Ivory Bill Woodpecker in North Carolina in 1982. I should have reported it but was so awe stuck by its size I totally forgot.. Many confuse the Pilaete Woodpecker for the Ivory Bill But they are very different in looks & size..

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By: Pieter van Gent

Pieter van Gent — Sat, 21 Mar 2015 15:34:17 +0000

Thanks for this interesting article about the imperial woodpecker.

I never heard of it before, and i’m glad you have some video footage of the event!
So I could see it live in action.

Cheers
Pieter

By: Kerry

Kerry — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 14:57:30 +0000

I saw a HUGE red headed woodpecker this morning in the Poconos. Black body with white on wings. Sounded like he was hammering my tree. Had to be the size of a huge crow (or larger). At first I thought he was a turkey vulture because of his size. Beautiful creature. Got a video of him.

By: Linda Nelson

Linda Nelson — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 20:12:05 +0000

I saw an Imperial woodpecker on my deck eating suet I had put out. He was huge and majestic! I don’t remember the long beak as much as the beautiful sharp zebra like markings on his back and beautiful red top notch! I was fortunate enough to see three types of woodpeckers this spring. I have a very large old tree next to my house with some dead branches. Sometimes that is where I can spot them. I believe it was the suet that brought them all this year although there has been one type of woodpecker here every spring for the ten years we have lived here. They come back in the fall. I had a terrible time trying to identify this bird. It isn’t extinct! Alive and well in West Central Iowa! This year i also got to see my first red headed woodpeckers several times. There was a definite size difference. I hope I get the chance to see the Imperial again and have my camera closer!

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:11:12 +0000

In October 2009 I saw an ivory billed woodpecker from the window of a charter bus driving along Alabama Highway 10 near the Conecuh River just before the town of Luverne. I emailed A professor at Auburn and he replied that it was a Pileated Woodpecker. It was not – I have seen plenty of Pileated in the woods of Tennessee. After I got home I did some extensive reading and eventually came to the conclusion that what I saw was an ivory billed woodpecker. I’m not even sure if they lived in this area, but I did see a female ivory billed. She was just landing in a field about 50 yards from a grove of trees on the banks of the Conecuh.

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 23:55:28 +0000

I saw one today. An Ivory Bill woodpecker. Size of a crow, red head crest, black body with a white stripe or streak across wings. Had a good view. Not the first time. Thought y’all might be interested.

By: Tim Iannacello

Tim Iannacello — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:53:34 +0000

Fascinating video Tim, I am so grateful we live in an age where these gems can be shared. Just spectacular.