Summing it up

I think a commenter on this blog most likely hit the nail on the head with this single sentence:

At the end of this search season, I think most people are realizing that Cornell won't have "the photo," and the reason they won't get the million dollar shot isn't that Tanner was wrong or these birds have become quiet or they've become wary or the terrain is so brutally tough, it's that there's no Ivory-bill to photograph.