Some questionable information is found in
this article from today's Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Below are some excerpts, with my comments in
red (the bold font is mine):
As you no doubt now know, the “experts” had declared the ivory-billed woodpecker extinct and ridiculed those who thought they had seen one.
This is an oft-repeated claim, but I've yet to see it backed by actual names and quotes.
At 1:15 p.m. on Feb. 27, 2004, though, an ivory-bill flew within 6 or 8 feet of Bobby and Tim’s canoe, then tipped its wings so that they saw its distinctive markings.
Cornell's Science paper says the distance was actually 20 meters.
They [Tim Gallagher and Bobby Harrison] kept their sighting a secret from all but their closest associates, and for the next year made return trips. They often dined at Gene’s Barbeque, world headquarters for the woodpecker seekers, but they never ate together and rarely spoke to owner Gene DePriest.
Well, somehow these people and many others also found out...
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