Tuesday, January 31, 2006

The Little-Known Status and Distribution of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker by Stuart Keith (The Auklet, 1983)

Here is a humorous 1983 article, now online for the
first time...
Posted by at 5:11 AM

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Certainly all of these observers
weren't mistaken in their
identifications ... or were they??

9:59 AM, January 31, 2006
Anonymous said...

More people live in the 'burbs these days... than in the 1940s. And many of these 'burbs and Ru'burbs (rural suburbs) back up to swamps and wild places. At the same time, many homes today have older tree plantings in various states of age and decay, which provide food for Pileated Woodpeckers. While many of these sightings cited in the Auklet are indeed misidentifications, if IBWOs are alive today, they might very well be seen in backyards and crossing interstates. However, if I am able to hide behind a picture window and snap photos, somebody shoulda ran and got the camera. And presumably those that did get a photo, got a photo of a Pileated and
probably never reported "IBWO!".
Some of the sightings are a bit more convincing though to a layman, the Pileated is still a fantastic bird
and I'm glad they're with us!


Paul Sutera, New Paltz, NY

11:38 AM, January 31, 2006

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