Sibley Ivory-bill post

Here.

The closing paragraph:

We all wish that Ivory-billed Woodpeckers still lived, but unrealistic hopes of the species' survival are not helpful. We need to accept the tragic loss of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, and move beyond it, in order to understand the consequences of our actions then and now. Only that will give us the clarity and the commitment needed to take on the biggest environmental challenges of the present.

Update 1: In a post entitled "Ivory-Billed Exclamation Point", a blogger says:

David Sibley is an expert, and his recent post is perhaps the best and most complete summation I have read to date.

Update 2: In linking to Sibley's post, the author of Bootstrap Analysis writes:

Yeah, what David Sibley says.

Times a million. Read it, twice, carefully. Hope somebody pays attention...