{"id":1390879,"date":"2017-03-13T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?guid=a02fcd2d0a115fcbba8d4a51727dc457"},"modified":"2019-12-23T01:17:30","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T12:17:30","slug":"thankfully-pileated-woodpeckers-arent-extinct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/thankfully-pileated-woodpeckers-arent-extinct\/","title":{"rendered":"Thankfully Pileated Woodpeckers Aren’t Extinct"},"content":{"rendered":"

I remember a few years ago there were reports of a possible sighting of an Ivory-billed Woodpecker which was thought to have been extinct. It must be quite a sight to see a 20″ long woodpecker with a 30″ wingspan.<\/p>\n

We don’t have any Woodpeckers quite that large in Connecticut but we do have the Pileated Woodpecker which is about 16″ long with a 26″ wingspan. One nice thing about Pileated Woodpeckers is that they are definitely not extinct although you do have to be at the right place and right time to get a good look at them.<\/p>\n

I always take time out to watch them when I come across them because you never know if they might become more scarce in the future. Let’s hope not!<\/p>\n

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