tags: Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Ghost Bird, movie trailer, streaming video
This streaming video is a clip from an upcoming movie called Ghost Bird. This film is a documentary about the controversial rediscovery of North America's largest woodpecker species, the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, which went extinct early last century [3:29].
To learn more about the film, visit the Ghost Bird website. You might also be interested in reading this news article.
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Here's a sadly deceased female Great spotted woodpecker Picoides major I recently photographed in a private collection. She was a very unusual woodpecker. Any ideas why?
The Great spotted woodpecker shown here yesterday was, I think, an unusual individual, and thanks to everyone who had a go at explaining what it was that made her so odd. Unfortunately no-one got it right.
tags: Golden-fronted Woodpecker, Melanerpes aurifrons,
As many of you undoubtedly know, a short video of what might be an ivory-billed
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http://ivorybills.blogspot.com
Neat. I can't wait to see this. I used the IB sightings as an example in a paper I wrote a few years ago on the epistemology of testimony. Interesting philosophical and scientific issues aside, one hopes that the region where the sightings occurred will use the notoriety to create a conservation and "ecotourism" industry. They should expand their focus beyond just the IB, think about birding tour guides, natural history museums, etc.