I've seen them in several locations, including Discovery Park and Kelsey
Creek Park in Bellevue as well as several locations on the Olympic
Peninsula.

Mike Cummings wrote:
>
> On Sun, 27 Sep 1998, jeff small wrote:
>
> > >Saw our first Pileated Woodpecker in years late this afternoon while
> > >driving north on 1st Ave S near 164th St in Burien, King County, WA.
> > >
> > >We noticed the large woodpecker-like bird as it flew across the road in
> > >front of us and landed on top of a utility pole. The size and bright red
> > >crest were brilliantly back-lit but the setting sun and left no doubt to
> > >its identity!
> > >
> > >We'lre looking forward to seeing it again, as we live in the area. Have any
> > >other Burienite Birdwatchers seen this bird in the area?
> > >
> > >Tom Benedict
> > >tbenz at halcyon.com
> >
> > I've seen one in the 6 years I've lived here, about a mile east of where you saw the Pileated. The one I saw was on a power pole, right in front of my house. Right across from Sunnydale school, at 157th Pl and Des Moines Dr. S. It was a treat, for sure.
>
> The only place in these parts where I've seen 'em is in Discovery Park in
> Seattle. I don't know if there are resident mating pairs or what, but I
> seem to see one or two rather often when I go there.
>
> Mike Cummings Seattle,WA
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> weighs 30 tons, computers in the future may have only 1,000 vaccuum tubes
> and perhaps weigh 1 1/2 tons.
> -- Popular Mechanics, March 1949

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