info needed on local FL status of red-cockaded

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Posted by Amy on 00:22:59 06/16/04

I am a serious birder who does not recklessly list rare birds on my life list, so I am concerned about a sighting I had in southern FL this past weekend. I have been trying to research this tonight and will continue to do so....
What are the chances of seeing a red-cockaded wp in southern Florida? I was in the Key Biscayne/Crandon Park area on Saturday and saw a woodpecker of the appropriate size fly to a tree trunk in a thickly-wooded area, where I then noted the bird's uniform B&W ladder-back pattern (that did NOT have any white patch), and its dark nape. It was not a hairy or downy. Its head was not red which further rules out any other possible woodpecker. What did I see if it was not a red-cockaded?

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Re: info needed on local FL status of red-cockaded - Towerkill 17:18:24 06/16/04 (0)
Re: info needed on local FL status of red-cockaded - Robin 08:40:39 06/16/04 (1)
- Re: info needed on local FL status of red-cockaded - Amy 11:00:33 06/16/04 (0)

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