2. A small article from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is here.
An excerpt:
FWC Chairman Rodney Barreto said he and the six other Commissioners are bracing for potentially good news in coming months.3. Bobby Harrison will speak once again on May 22 in Salt Lake City.
“This will be fantastic if we can confirm the woodpeckers are there,” Barreto said. “Many experts believe the ivory-bill is extinct, but experts have searches under way in Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and Texas. Florida is the only state besides Arkansas to come close to confirmation in roughly 40 years.”
An excerpt:
For over 60 years, the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker has been considered extinct, the victim of logging. However, in 2005 a team of scientists and bird enthusiasts reported that this beautiful bird is still alive in the swamps of eastern Arkansas. Join photographer and birder Bobby Harrison, part of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker research project, for a first-hand account of the rediscovery of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, from hip-deep, boot-sucking swamps to the politics of science and conservation.
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but experts have searches under way in Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina and Texas... plus Florida
That's 7 states. How many has Mike Collins seen IBWO in? They need to send him to the other states to "confirm" them there too.
And isn't there somebody reporting them in someplace like Indiana?
"FWC Chairman Rodney Barreto said he and the six other Commissioners are bracing for potentially good news in coming months."
They are going to be bracing for quite some time, so I'm afraid that they are going to be getting some serious cramps.
"Florida is the only state besides Arkansas to come close to confirmation..."
How does one come close to confirmation? How is that different from edging toward being inconclusive? Are there levels of proximity to confirmation?
Isn't this just putting the best possible face on "interesting" cavities or flimsy sightings?
Is the IBWO close to being rediscovered?
Sorry for all of the question marks!
They are going to be bracing for quite some time, so I'm afraid that they are going to be getting some serious cramps.
I don't know about that. Choubacca over at BirdForum says that the proof is coming at the end of this month ..... and might be released at the end of the search season .... or not ..... or maybe when they need to show their "ace".... but maybe not if you're a skeptic ..... and don't deserve to see it..........
Can we really believe somebody who can't even spell an ellipses correctly, much less use it correctly?
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Knock Knock
Who's there?
Knock Knock
Did you hear that? Another Ivorybill detection!
"Florida is the only state besides Arkansas to come close to confirmation..."
That's like being almost pregnant.
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