Pileateds nested successfully in Schmitz Park, West Seattle, a few years
back and are rumored to have nested in Seward Park where they can often be
found.

Gene Hunn.



At 12:31 PM 9/28/98 -0700, you wrote:
>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
>> Where a calculator on the ENIAC is equpped with 18,000 vaccuum tubes and
>> 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
>
>--
>Darrell Dally
>Network Analyst
>The Boeing Company
>Data Network Management
>MS 7M-KP
>dally at cmipa2.ns.cs.boeing.com
>
>