Here's part of Meyer's response to that recent Birding photo quiz:
Obviously, given the location, the hope is that these birds are Ivory-billed Woodpeckers. I was involved in the Arkansas search in February 2007 and heard a double-rap, so I don’t doubt the existence of this species. However, this photograph seems to me to be of three European Starlings. The elongated body and stiff, pointy wings are good for Ivory-billed Woodpecker, but there is no reference for size here...2. John Ruthven is scheduled to speak on September 11 in Ohio:
National Medal of Arts recipient John A. Ruthven shares his journey in recording the elusive ivory billed woodpecker.
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Dr. Wayne Meyer, associate professor of biology at Austin College
Apparently Dr. Meyer can't read or he'd know that "double raps" heard in the woods are uniquely indicative of precisely nothing.
I heard a double rap in my yard near Baton Rouge. So, I guess I must have IBWO in my neighborhood.... I'm going to ask for a few million dollars to preserve my habitat.
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