"It's a huge, pure swampland. I'll be wading in chest-deep water most of the time, as well as hiking and canoeing several miles a day. The area is pretty inhospitable to humans," Keller said. "That's probably why it's been 60 years since this bird has been seen."
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Many bird experts believed initially that the ivory-bill was being mistaken as a pileated woodpecker, the common "Woody Woodpecker" species from the same habitat, Keller said. Additional evidence, including video and audio recordings, has convinced researchers that the ivory-bill is in fact alive.
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"I just so desperately want this discovery to be true. There's a thought in the back of my mind that maybe it really isn't true, maybe it's just a really weird pileated woodpecker," Keller said before quickly returning to his childlike enthusiasm about the journey.
Saturday, March 25, 2006
Another volunteer wades in
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Pure swampland? Chest-high water? Has this guy been reading the earlier accounts? I thought much of this was near roads. And weren't the Cornell people complaining about a lack of water?
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