Until now, I had somehow missed seeing this exciting USFWS news release.
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Gosh, Tom, I thought we had already talked about this. What's the deal? You got a life or something? Unlike the rest of us?
The (copy)Rights of Spring
A tree is just a tree
Unless it has a cavity
If it is properly sized
It is especially prized
If your photo develops all right
It will be stamped with the copyright
In fact, just forget the tree
Take with it that darn cavity
Forget if it ever had a size
And don’t even mention a prize
your photo of that insect bite?
It also will have the copyright
Remember that reunion of Skeptics that we were going to have? Well, now we have a location.
Methinks!!, Acting as Public Relations Maven for The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (A Research Arm of The Cornell Laboratory Of Ornithology!!)
wishes to submit the following clarification to the aforementioned Press Release!!...
“The Bayou DeView!! area has been intensely surveyed by psychics, sidekicks, GODS and GOOBERS during the past two years and any ivory bill using this area would have been verified,” said Widner. “I believe the Ivory-billed Woodpecker observed on numerous occasions three search seasons ago must have been a total load of crap. If that bird had been here we would have re-found it, especially with our intensive-like searching. There is no reason to suggest it would move its home range to some other area. This would be very unusual as there is no competition for food, and historical accounts of the bird discuss the nomadic tendencies of the bird only in its post-extinction phase. There is no reason to continue the limitations on public use within the Managed Access Area of Cache River Refuge - go shoot whatever the hell you please. Just remember, if you find an ivory bill Cornell told you all along it was there, it is the same one in the video, and they get the prize money. Oh yeah, all the pictures you take are their's too.”
I believe the Ivory-billed Woodpecker observed on numerous occasions three search seasons ago must have moved its home range to some other area. This is not unusual in their search for food, and historical accounts of the bird discuss the nomadic tendencies of the bird.
Probably took the train to California.
http://rhabdoidkids.com/TylerWilson/TNWoody2.jpg
The Houston Toad got more protection than the IBWO.
I talked to one of the Cornell volunteer searchers who had some strange things to say about the search. He couldn’t understand why they didn’t use tapes to try and call a bird in like a professional tour guide might try whenever a tough to find bird is sought in appropriate habitat. Most of the searchers’ time was spent sitting still, or moving quietly and slowly (as we’ve read all over the place), with tapes used only a few times (I think my friend said they only did it once for a short period).
He also said that on the rare instance when they used a tape, they didn’t use a real double-knock from another woodpecker, but a fake double-knock created by the Cornell folks based on their calculations of how close the knocks should be based on IBWO size and physiology. I haven’t seen anything about this in print, but it makes you wonder what the heck was going on down there that these folks thought they could create a better double-knock than a real live closely-related Campephilus woodpecker.
Anybody else heard criticisms of the CLO search protocols, besides Harrison's rants that the searchers are too noisy?
Regardless of whether you think the IBWO still flies or not, it makes you wonder if those who are spending the most time looking for the bird have a clue as to how to actually find birds in the wild.
This is a general comment.
For the umpteenth time, you can't find a bird that doesn't exist.
CLODS, GOOBERS, Eagle Optics salepeople, fanatics, real orthinologists, it don't matter.
What a we going to do; search for eternity, yada yada yada; the trees are too thick, ok let's cut down all the trees again and see if it flies out.
My main complaint was that they were sending people out singly (not in pairs). Too much chance for stringing, and frankly a safety issue.
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