Imperial Woodpecker link

Here.

Missing "Feathered Ghosts" posts have reappeared

Here.

No positive proof

An excerpt from this article:

Alachua Audubon had a program that day called "The Ivory Billed Woodpecker: The Search for Evidence in a Flooded Wilderness." A biologist, Justyn Stohl, presented a talk with slides about the effort of various groups to conclusively prove that this giant woodpecker, the third largest in the world, still survives.

Stohl was part of the latest research effort in the Chattahoochee Wilderness. In fact, he'd recently come out of the woods and mentioned how nice it was to have access to modern conveniences.

The latest search team did not bring back positive proof, alas, but there were some tantalizing reports. I'll talk about them in the next column.

"Airport progress delayed"

Here.

More from Fitz

An excerpt from this web page:

...Stay at the perimeter of your perception as much of the time as you can because you can see things that you otherwise wouldn’t see. Just one example: Brian picked out a raft of scoters through the scope at last light, way off in the distance…and it had a few Surf Scoters in it—a key bird for us almost literally at the last second of daylight.

Fitz and scrub jays

Here.

An excerpt:

A bird expert who helped coordinate the search for the ivory-billed woodpecker -- so rare that it may be extinct -- is telling Sarasota County how to keep its scrub jays from meeting the same fate.

World-renowned ornithologist John W. Fitzpatrick will unveil his plan to county commissioners Tuesday.

New blog posts at "Feathered Ghosts"

Here.

5/20/07 update: As of this evening, it looks like today's four new posts at "Feathered Ghosts" have been pulled for some reason.

One excerpt:

I will be posting at a later date on some possible hypotheses as to why we weren't able to come up with definitive proof of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker's existence here.

The blog author also posted a photo of "our remaining crew of 10, the toughest holdovers from a high of close to the 30 at the apex of our search".