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"Californian Condor and the Hooping Crane"
Hmmm ... maybe it's something like the fact that the robin in America isn't quite the same as the British analog.
Or maybe it's like the Canadian Goose ... which is nowhere to be found (I even looked next to the Canadian Bacon at the grocery store.)
I also couldn't find the named crane, at least, not alphabetically listed.
Perhaps his paper was reviewed by Science, as well.
He concludes with:
“As always in science, knowledge can only grow in the presence of a free flow of information. …..the situation is not helped by those who oppose the spread [sic] any information that does not come with a Tanner-style movie.”
but fails to see that the situation is helped even less by those who distribute and celebrate (with complete certitude) the lowest quality video – and then have all participants in their research sign agreements that help to discourage the “free flow” of information. Or the establishment of blogs where the dialogue cannot even include the possibility the species is extinct.
The "Hooping Crane" is my new nickname on the bball court.
Thank you Dr. Swart!
How apt that a lecturer in Markov processes should evaluate sightings of IBWO's. No doubt he reads the Markov Bible:
http://www.markovbible.com/
Once I read this:
"In recent time, David Luneau has shot a blurry video at Cache River [5], while Mike Collins has shot an equally blurry video at Pearl River [3]. A careful analysis makes
clear that both videos show Ivory Billed Woodpeckers."
i stopped reading. Its bollocks!
"The ornithological community has to come to terms with the fact that it is responsible for effectively surpressing information about ivory bills for many years?"
Uh-huh, and namely, who are these folks who have supressed information?
"....While it is surprising that no better evidence of its existence has been collected, there are several factors that make this more plausible, including an unfortunate social pressure among ornithologists, continuing for many years, not to look for the bird in the first place"
Same old garbage. The Nobody-has-ever-looked-for-them myth continues to be perpetuated. The uninfomed masses, this author included, continue to believe that the ornithology-birding community have ignored IBWO reports, as in some cloak-and-dagger conspriracy. Nothing could be further from the truth. Full-scale searches have been done for decades. By individuals, groups, bird clubs, and scientists. No IBWOs have ever been found. None. It is amazing how this garbage can be re-distributed ad infinitum.
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