1. An interesting excerpt (from page 206):
Documentation in the form of "sight records" of this species has of course not been considered acceptable by records committees or ornithologists for many decades, and even still photographs have been discounted as evidence. Although sight reports are of interest, confirmation by photograph--especially videotape--is considered the sine qua non of Ivory-billed reports.2. Another excerpt (also from page 206):
...Cornell Lab of Ornithology and Audubon Arkansas will be coordinating the efforts of other visiting birders, and we will be creating an eBird-like web site where birders can report where they looked, what they saw, and upload any supporting notes or photographs of possible Ivory-billeds.Has this "eBird-like web site" been created?
3. On page 200, it says that "suet stations" were used in the search effort.
Of the seven accompanying photos, the first three are clear shots of very ordinary-looking holes in trees; two others are of carved Ivory-bill decoys.
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Presumably, one can submit sight reports of IBWOs directly to eBird, though I've never tried it. You can definitely request information on sightings of IBWOs from eBird--only to receive a blank page in return. Either sightings by CLO-affiliated observers and others were (a) never submitted to eBird, (2) they were thrown out by the eBird editor, or (3) they are being treated as too sensitive to be be viewed by the general public.
CLO has posted a Web page on Identifying and Reporting on Ivory-billed Woodpecker, which will lead to an Ivory-billed Woodpecker Sighting Form that looks suspiciously like the rare bird report forms required by most State rare bird record committees!
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