There's some good discussion in this thread, which appeared immediately after the Ivory-bill news broke in late April of this year. Some of these posters were immediately skeptical for good reasons.
The first poster wrote: "...I’ve got a bad feeling that hopes are going to be dashed again. ...with this much psychic energy pushing for the existence of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, it pays to be extra-careful."
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