Richard,

I am a PhD student in the School of Forest Resources at UW, I know Jorge
and his adviser. They are really good folks, doing some interesting work, I
am glad you got to meet them!

Mike Clawson
Monroe, Wa

On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 6:12 AM, <Pterodroma at aol.com> wrote:

> **
> When I stepped out under the carport yesterday morning just to check on
> the remaining snow in the driveway, I spotted three people in the street at
> the foot of the drive, one holding an antenna aimed toward the house.
> Someone spying on me??? Property tax assessors??? But then, I figured out
> what they were doing pretty quickly as I am familiar with this kind of get
> up. Turns out they were a team of biologists from the University of
> Washington's College of Forest Services studying *Pileated Woodpeckers* around
> urban Puget Sound, and *they were radio tracking/monitoring mine* which
> have been coming to my suet feeders regularly for years. I had noticed for
> a few years now, and since suddenly one day in 2009, the female was
> sporting a silver aluminum band on it's left leg. Apparently it has a
> radio antenna attached to it's back as well, but havn't noticed that yet so
> will have to look more closely next time she comes by. I was always
> curious that one of my birds had a band but never knew the backstory
> before, so this team's random chance visit yesterday morning was most
> welcome and enlightening, nice folks, and they had in fact banded that
> very bird in 2009 two blocks away over in Eastgate Park. So, it was kind
> of neat learning more about why and what these folks are doing plus nice to
> have a most distinguished bird of greater interest visiting my yard and
> feeders.
>
> In addition to (1) Eastgate Park, three other neighborhood areas where
> Pileated Woodpeckers are being radio tracked and monitored are (2) Lee
> Experimental Forest / Montare, Maltby, WA, (3) Union Hill, Redmond, WA, and
> (4) Cougar Mountain, Bellevue, WA. So, if you live in any of those areas,
> take a closer look at your Pileated Woodpeckers, and if you'd like to help
> out in any way you can contact Jorge.
>
> The main biologist, phD Chilean student Jorge Tomasevic gave me his card
> with a Internet link that explains everything. Click on this link to learn
> more: University of Washington - Pileated Woodpecker study<http://students.washington.edu/tomasevi/>
>
> Richard Rowlett
> Bellevue (Eastgate), WA
>
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