Check out the entire article here.
Regarding the alleged one millisecond (in bad light) sighting by Tyler Hicks, the article says:
"It was as good a sighting as you can make," said Hill. "He basically saw all the field markings expect for the yellow eyes."Note also this language (the bold font is mine):
Laurie Fenwood of the Fish and Wildlife Service was leading Wednesday's executive committee session.
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"It was an iconic species," said Fenwood. "Rediscovery of this amazing woodpecker, it would be a symbol that conservation can work, and has worked, in the United States."
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On the resort's website: "The Raven Golf Club, new home of the PGA Champions Tour Boeing Championship at Sandestin, is masterfully carved through the marshes, wetlands and pine trees of Sandestin."
Sounds like a beacon of private habitat management that bodes well for the IBWO, a well-kept secret home to a species (Corvus corax) not otherwise known to Florida ornithology.
Is it getting time to declare "Mission Accomplished" and bring the troops home?
From Livescience: "Pesticides are applied to golf courses at higher concentrations per acre than almost any other type of land, including farmland, and there are concerns that their extensive use could contaminate waterways and damage neighboring communities and wildlife."
Oh no, two major indulgences of the upper middle class, golfing and birding, could come into conflict. What better way of showing one's lack of concern to this issue than by having a IBWO meeting at a institution that profits from destroying natural habitats and then polluting the artificial habitat they create. Maybe the committee can get in a few holes before their session entitled "Interesting scalings". Maybe next year they will meet at a NASCAR track.
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