Cliff Drake wrote:
>
> I've seen Pileated Woodpeckers in Discovery Park and Upper Golden Gardens
> Park in Seattle, FYI.
> =================
> Cliff Drake
> Ballard, WA
> Birder at Juno.com
>
> On Sat, 1 Feb 1997 09:34:44 -0800 (PST) Kelly Cassidy
> <kelly at salmo.cqs.washington.edu> writes:
> >
> >I've seen them nest in some quite isolated snags in suburbs. So they
> >seem to require patches of old growth. Problem is, suitable snags
> >rarely
> >last long, even in parks, and they have a very short life span around
> >houses. Liability concerns and worries about them falling on power
> >lines and houses do them in.
> >
> >Kelly Cassidy
> >
> >On Fri, 31 Jan 1997, Kelly McAllister wrote:
> >
> >> Pretty interesting. Pileated woodpeckers are thought to be facing
> >> population decline because they require large diameter snags in
> >which they
> >> excavate cavities for nesting and roosting. They also require
> >significant
> >> quantities of dead and defective trees in which to find
> >invertebrates to
> >> eat. However, these apparent life requirements seem to be at odds
> >with
> >> there persistance in many of Washington's most urbanized areas (like
> >the
> >> Washington Park Arboretum?). I have often thought that a
> >radio-telemetry
> >> study of urban Pileated Woodpeckers would be very informative. Are
> >they
> >> finding the necessary resources by traveling over huge areas? Do
> >they
> >> require a "core" area of old forest?
> >> Do they actually "make do" with trees that are smaller than what
> >existing
> >> studies indicate?
> >>
> >> Kelly McAllister
> >> Olympia Washington
> >>
> >>
> >

I've seen them at Seward Park.
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Jane Hadley
jhadle at halcyon.com
Seattle, WA