In the comment section
here, Cyberthrush writes:
...Dr. Hill has always said that he has NO idea where the rumor of "9 pairs" came from and never made any such claims...
On page 230 of his book, Hill writes:
...First, I still think there is at least one pair on the west side of the river at Bruce Creek and one pair across the river along Carlisle Lakes. Then I'd say a pair at Cow Lake, two pairs in that vast forest along the channel we paddled yesterday, a pair at Lost Lake near Tilley Landing, a pair in the Reason's Lake area, a pair on Cowford Island, and a pair around Horseshoe Bend. That's nine pairs, and I'd say we've glimpsed less than 25% of this swamp..."
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That's the problem with comments put into print. They just refuse to go away, no matter how hard you wish.
Actually, the math is like this. Nine pairs in 25% of swamp equals 36 pairs of Ivory-billeds.
Hillcrow implied that he believed there were 36 pairs of IBWO!
That's the problem with comments put into print. They just refuse to go away, no matter how hard you wish.
There's a similar problem with photos and quality video. Ivory-bills turn into something else, 100% of the time.
The statements by Hill (that Tom quotes from the book) show just how demented all this has gotten. Here is the Hillcrow making estimates of the likely number of pairs (by location no less) for a species that has not been seen in half a decade.
What in the world was he thinking?
What does this say about our academic system that it produced and maintains this type of person?
These are the ramblings of a good old boy who spends too much time in a kayak and has gotten loosened up with some whiskey, not the printed words of someone who has a graduate degree in the natural sciences.
Okay, so above at 1:14 pm of course I meant "half a century" or "in six decades".
And at this time of day I can't fall back on the "whiskey ramblings" excuse.
Check my post-8p.m. postings for my views on the number of pairs and likely locations of extinct species
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