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Does anyone know what kind of map turtle that is? It does not look like a Barbour's to me.
Mark VdV:
Incidentally, I do encourage any visitor to any other IBWO-related site to post here. They'll find this to be a friendly and tolerant environment. :-)
Don't bet on it.
I met Mark on the Choctawhatchee this year. He's much more of skeptic than he lets on on his blog. In fact, much MUCH more. FYI.
I met Mark on the Choctawhatchee this year. He's much more of skeptic than he lets on on his blog. In fact, much MUCH more. FYI.
So is he faking it on his blog?
My opinions on whether the bird still exists vary from hour to hour. Some moments I truly expect to round the bend of the river in my kayak and see one gliding over. Generally, though, I feel that, while the bird still *could* be out there, perhaps even in the area where I'm searching, it is also very possible that we haven't shared our planet with this creature for 50 plus years. My enthusiasm for searching for the bird hasn't waned, and I look forward to hitting some under-explored areas of the river system in my last month here. Yet in some ways, I've become much more interested in what is perceptibly and tangibly in the river system NOW. The Ivory-billed Woodpecker may or may not be gone, yet the dazzling array of flora and fauna that currently make the Choctawhatchee Valley home perhaps ought to be the real issue.
Doesn't look like he's faking too much.
Hedging his bets? Being careful while still on Hill's payroll? Or just agnosticism in an overly verbose way?
"Doesn't look like he's faking too much."
Right. He believes that the ivory bill woodpecker may not be extinct and elsewhere he talks about hoping to find it soon because the "best detections" in the past few years have occurred around this time.
It's nice, I guess, that he doesn't claim that the IBWO is definitely out there. But I don't advocate handing out kudos to everyone who isn't a raving nutcase.
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