Cyberthrush: In fact, FWIW, I often think it perplexing that in 40+ years of on-and-off birding, and living in various parts of the country, I've never even come across a Crow's nest, despite the fact that Crows are among the most common, noisy, large, and ubiquitous birds in every area I've resided; and I've certainly stumbled upon the nests of many far smaller, scarcer songbirds along the way; the nestsites of large birds can be surprisingly elusive however, let alone cavity-dwellers.
I looked up "Cyberthrush" in the dictionary. It said, "ability to ignore the obvious, to be cluelessly optimistic in the face of the obvious; see also to weasel"
"Even a photo arising from Big Woods, Choctawhatchee, or South Carolina, at this point, could be a tad anti-climactic (...for some of us anyway), so much focus has been expended there. What would truly be exciting would be a photo coming out of a less publicized area of interest (southern Fla., Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Illinois, N. Carolina) --- not likely happening this go-around."
So, um, this guy would not be impressed with an identifiable photo of a real, live Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Apparently he subscribes to the "invisibility is a field mark" school.
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Cyberthrush: In fact, FWIW, I often think it perplexing that in 40+ years of on-and-off birding, and living in various parts of the country, I've never even come across a Crow's nest, despite the fact that Crows are among the most common, noisy, large, and ubiquitous birds in every area I've resided; and I've certainly stumbled upon the nests of many far smaller, scarcer songbirds along the way; the nestsites of large birds can be surprisingly elusive however, let alone cavity-dwellers.
What more need be said?
I looked up "Cyberthrush" in the dictionary. It said, "ability to ignore the obvious, to be cluelessly optimistic in the face of the obvious; see also to weasel"
"Even a photo arising from Big Woods, Choctawhatchee, or South Carolina, at this point, could be a tad anti-climactic (...for some of us anyway), so much focus has been expended there. What would truly be exciting would be a photo coming out of a less publicized area of interest (southern Fla., Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Illinois, N. Carolina) --- not likely happening this go-around."
So, um, this guy would not be impressed with an identifiable photo of a real, live Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Apparently he subscribes to the "invisibility is a field mark" school.
Wow.
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