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From: evelyn@m.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: red-cockaded woodpeckers
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Date: 14 Nov 88 16:35:00 GMT
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Nf-From: m.cs.uiuc.edu!evelyn    Nov 14 10:35:00 1988


Yesterday morning I was lucky enough to see, in the tree outside my
bedroom window (in Champaign, Central Illinois) a pair of red-cockaded
woodpeckers.  They stuck around for about 10 minutes, and since they
were 10-15 feet away, in full sun and unobscured, the identification
was pretty well 100%.  Even the male's cockade was visible.

My field guide tells me that they are a very localized, endangered species,
and their range does not reach as far north as Central Illinois.  Was this
a very unusual sighting, or have things changed a little since my field 
guide was published?  (I'm thrilled anyway, they are such beautiful birds!)

Fran Evelyn
evelyn@cs.uiuc.edu