Re: Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Found!
Here's a link to the story that appeared in Science
http://tinyurl.com/cmsxz
On Apr 28, 2005, at 5:08 PM, Daryl wrote:
> I received this news update this morning from the Cornell Lab of
> Ornithology. It began, "Remember this day. Because this is the day you
> learn
> that the Ivory-billed Woodpecker lives!! ... You'll be hearing in
> the news today that the Holy Grail of birding--the bird many feared to
> be
> extinct--has at last been sighted by multiple observers and captured
> in a
> brief segment of video footage. "
>
> For decades, people have sought the Ivory-Billed, largest woodpecker
> in
> North America. It has been considered to be near extinction. Some
> sightings
> were made in the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia from the middle of the
> 1800's
> to the 30's and 40's. Extensive logging was believed to have caused
> their
> demise.
>
> First sighted in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge in Arkansas
> on
> Feb. 11, 2004, a coalition of researchers has made extensive searches,
> and
> 15 sightings have been made since then, and recent videotape has
> confirmed
> the bird.
>
> Amazing!
>
> For more information about the search and the efforts to save the
> ivory-billed woodpecker and the Big Woods, visit www.ivorybill.org.
>
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