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Across the field, I spotted what I was sure was a wild turkey. We stopped the car and the six of us cautiously slipped out of the doors on the opposite side of the car. We all viewed the bird through our binoculars, and we all agreed it was a turkey. We enjoyed watching it for awhile. We got back in the car, and drove another hundred yards when I saw there was a lane that crossed the field towards our turkey. I suggested that we slowly drive down that lane and that perhaps I could get a photo of the bird. When we got within about 70 yards and raised our binoculars, we were most surprised to find our “turkey” was a stump with a branch sticking up next to it that had two red leaves blowing in the wind!” We laugh together. (I do not mention the time I mistook an armadillo for a bear.)
Anyone think experts can't mistake a Pileated woodpecker for an Ivory-billed woodpecker?
Although I don't have Dr. Jackson's hope for the continued survival for the Ivory-bill, I really appreciate how he can make distinctions between hope and fact, and I respect a man who can tell a story about himself like the one above. We've all made mistakes like that.
Anyone think experts can't mistake a Pileated woodpecker for an Ivory-billed woodpecker?
Anybody who says that is either inexperienced or not firmly rooted in reality.
Just looked at my 3:09 comment and I'm not sure it came across correctly. Anybody who says that "experts" (and calling a number of these birders "experts" is stretching it a bit) can't mistake Pileated for Ivory-billed, or even Red-headed for Ivory-billed, is either inexperienced or not firmly rooted in reality.
Mistakes much worse than this happen all the time. It's why responsible birders understand the need for more than a 2 second or less glimpse.
I've stopped to closely inspect a leafy branch turkey myself, along with hundreds of shredded tire snakes and stick snakes. All ambitious field biologists make ridiculous miscalls but only some publish these in Science.
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