"Latest" updates from Gene Sparling

In recent weeks, under "Latest Updates on the Ivory-billed Woodpecker", The Nature Conservancy has posted two field notes from Gene Sparling here.

Curiously, at the beginning of each field note, there is a paragraph indicating that these notes are actually at least two years old:

Editor's note: What follows is one of the first journal entries Gene Sparling made when he began exploring the Big Woods of Arkansas — before he encountered the elusive ivory-billed woodpecker on Feb. 11, 2004.