In my opinion, the following excerpts are notable (the bold font is mine):
...But as always there’s danger as well. A Sharp-shinned Hawk stoops on an unwary Yellow-bellied Sapsucker that screeches away just in time. A Red-Tailed Hawk peers into a roost hole in a dead tupelo from a perch nearby, and every evening Barred Owls eight-hoot in the darkening bayou. And then there’s the rarest of all possible residents of the Big Woods: the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, maybe the rarest bird in the world. Does it still survive in woodpecker heaven or are the dangers too great?I think it's nearly certain that this year's search will once again end without definitive Ivory-bill proof. As this becomes more clear, I anticipate increased speculation that the 2004 Ivory-bill(s) have died or moved away.
We were urged to try and practice our videography on the bounding flybys of woodpeckers, and to note any abnormal white plumage on this species. Of all the looks at these beautiful Pileated Woodpeckers that I had, my tape caught mostly blurs, and all were of standard plumage, white underwing patches and not much white on the top of the wing.The above words may provide some critical insight into the mindset of the search team. If the modern Ivory-bill is viewed as a will-o'-the-wisp that can only be seen as a brief flyby, then maybe our lack of clear photographic proof can be rationalized.
And there was a great mid-weekend birthday party at the duck club with plenty of food, drink, taxidermy, and tall tales of sightings around the campfire.Tall tales of sightings?
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Yep it seem that no one can get a picture of your abnormal pileateds.
From this I infer that Cornell didn't present my advice for videotaping woodpeckers to its volunteers. Using a high shutter speed can eliminate all of the blur, even in moderate shade on overcast days. See http://www.manybirds.com/woodpeckers.htm
Yep it seem that no one can get a picture of your abnormal pileateds.
It's because they are too rare and wary to be photographed.
"Yep it seem that no one can get a picture of your abnormal pileateds."
I think what you mean is Cornell doesn't seem to be able to RELEASE the the pictures. It took lots of pressure on Cornell for them to even admit there were abnormal Pileateds in the area, who knows what it will take for Cornell to actually release what they know on those Pileateds, and for them to produce the photos.
Again, Cornell has admitted abnormal Pileateds are there (huge coincidence?!) and there are photos of them.
If there were photos of Ivory-Bills, I can guarantee you we would have seen them.
Are there any websites or blogs that have photos of abnormal pileated woodpeckers?
I hear so much about these odd plumage birds but never seen a photo of one. I read Mr. Jackson has some photos of a abnormal pileated woodpecker he has seen or photos he has recieved why are they not on the web?
I also read there 2-3 recent reports of Ivory-billed Woodpeckers in the Pearl River in Louisiana. These sightings are fairly close to the Kullivan sightings a few years back.
"Again, Cornell has admitted abnormal Pileateds are there (huge coincidence?!) and there are photos of them."
If they have one in particular that has the following attributes:
Lower coverts
Median coverts
Breast
Alula
Greater primary coverts
They should post it because that is the bird in the video without a doubt.
I must have looked at that video a hundred times and for the life of me I can't see any resemblance to an IBWO. I tried, I really did, but I just don't see it.
What I see is a Pileated with an abundance of white!
Sorry
The recent reports I think you are referring to were all considered possibles/probables in flight.
Why are sightings always in flight?
This species must land on a tree occasionally.
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