Is It Extinct? - Ivory-Billed Woodpecker

[redddbaron]

Ironically I have seen pileated woodpeckers hundreds of times, I used to see them a lot as a kid every day before they got rare. Even a nest in our yard. Multiple ones every day. So I know real well what they look like.

Few years back I saw a strange "pileated" with a large light bill (could have been optical illusion on the bill, couldn't see that long) in Florida. It also flew much faster than any pileated I ever saw. Like TWICE as fast. Always wondered if that might have been an Ivory bill.

[TheBarkJuice]

Here in Tennessee, the woodpecker population is slowly decreasing

[HiAznHello]

cant we clone them?

[123123amani]

Did see the Ivory-billed in Florida,but like all of us the camera was not handy. Stays in my yard in early spring and early in the morning. if you need more info you can contact me at bpantke@cfl.rr.com

[kingoflimbs1]

logically speaking, if you're even aware of Ivory-billeds and their plight/possible existence, you should know enough about woodpeckers and birds in general to tell the difference between a Pileated and an Ivory-billed. Just sayin' - waaay too many people get them confused. It's ignorance.

[polytelismedia]

Not extinct

[90enemies]

Ivory-billed Woodpecker is not extinct it is CR or ( CRITICALLY ENDANGERED )well , possibly extinct

[dltanner99]

Cryptozoology novel about two boys who find something strange on the beach one night see video book trailer

[JustinTvOwning]

I had 2 of the ones whit the Black feathers in my yard today

[hunt458]

I haven't seen one for many years. The place I used to see them has been untouched by timber harvest for a hundred years. You can tell it's an Ivory Bill by the way they fly. It looks like slow motion flying with a huge wingspan. A Pileated woodpecker looks like he's about to fall out of the sky at any moment. But if anybody likes to use the patch of woods where they live you best keep the sighting to yourself.

[pinkguitargal10]

OMG!!!

[RealTVShow]

You can never tell if an ivory-billed woodpecker is an ivory-billed woodpecker, for there are possibilities that it could just be a pileated with those markings. However, I do believe that the ivory-billed woodpecker is still alive, even though the numbers are probably less than 7 or 8. But, as long as we do not cut down the woods where they are thought to be, then we can still have hope.

[andyjarhead666]

"If indeed it still exists" -R.T.P.

[Jacksonjr04581]

A bunch of doubters here, eh? They waited a year to go public with the video just for research, and you people have no merit to argue against it. I went down to the big woods of Arkansas last weekend and heard 2 distict "kent" calls myself.

[forzacatainapalermo]

it has been proven that other organisms such as blue jays are able to make those kent calls....ive studied this in school...the 4 second video clip and the auditory evidence is not definitive enough to automatically conclude its existance...once dna/mollecular evidence has been done to establish the ivory wood peckers existance than I will believe that they exist...but until that day, I rest my case...THEY ARE COMPLETELY EXTINCT

[NobodyFamous2008]

what i thought was a dead skunk earlier, must have been a young or injured male ivorybill, i went back to the location and there was no smell of a roadkill skunk, black with white stripes down the back , no wonder i first thought it was a skunk! the black and white female was a magnificent bird! staying by the other bird untill we flushed it! i hope it lived.

[NobodyFamous2008]

Hello i was driving in Aitkin county near the mississippi riverbottoms when i looked ahead on the road to see what i thought was a dead skunk with a crow next to it. as we got closer the bird got up and flew it had a crest with no red ,white on body and wings, and dipped in flight once before it went into the woods, today i looked it up on the internet and the only bird it resembles is the female ivorybill, but minn. is not in its range1

[IrenaScott]

Keep a camera handy.

[Kolran]

@NobodyFamous2008 This might sound strange but I grew up in rural minnesota and I once saw an amazingly large woodpecker. Dont remember much but thinking that's a dam big bird. Wish I would have taken a photo. Maybe it was just a pileated

[puntit37]

sorry to say it but the ivory billed is most likely extiinct we have several sighting that are actually pileated

[drudger6666]

museum collecting have NEVER wiped out a bird species. Do some research before you make stupid statements Bungeewungee..whatever.

[Indigos8rboi]

i live n the state where the footage and evidence of it still around.

[Indigos8rboi]

ahh they dead

i live in the state where the ivory-billed footage was made and the evidence that it's still around

[canadiangirl1041]

Far as I can see, after watching this video and seeing the Luneau footage, there's no doubt in my mind that the bird on the tape is the ivory billed, but I can see what they mean by it's not enough evidence, it would be nice to find an actual nest or at least a clearer picture of one up close someday.

[stemginger]

I am afraid it isn't any evidence at all. The best thing you can say about the video is that it is showing a bird! What that bird is, well who knows?

[shinseimori]

It's a crying shame that these birds, are likely extinct due to the greed & callousness of mass logging & land developers. If those types of people STOPPED cutting down trees by the thousands & stop over-developing land...then animals won't be going extinct. They need their space more than us. It's ironic that when a species is here, most barely care...when they're extinct, all of a sudden everyone cares. Pathetic.

[elreichda]

@shinseimori 99.99% of all species that have ever existed are extinct. Think about that for a minute, then sack up. Realize too that we're a temporary and, yes, destructive apex animal. Our time will also come.

[citypixguy]

I just saw a Pileated woodpecker last Sunday morning in the woods in southwestern Michigan. Kind of creepy after only seeing smaller woodpeckers for the past several years. This was a real giant!!

[Mrose13006]

are they dead-gross

[Sigma344]

They're taxidermied. Come to think of it, that question is stupid- if they weren't dead, why would there be a debate over whether one of them is extinct?

[MoodyGroove]

So nice how museums have helped wipe out critically endangered birds all over the globe.

[Anticyclonic]

Ha, seriously eh?

[BorryDutch]

@MoodyGroove Hey, that's kind of true - they cut them up to learn the amount of cells they have and all that shit, when the can learn so much more if they kept them alive. Or better yet, studied them in their natural habitat.

[rimind1]

thanks for posting came in real handy,

[Phillis726]

Unfortunately, this bird is extinct. Do you all really think it would be possible for a bird to go without being spotted - and continuing to inbreed for 60 years??

[bungeewungeewiggywog]

Yes.

[hippocampuszosterae]

It's basically extinct. The best we can to is clone it back..

[godandaa]

this is a good video, it looks like some kind of convention that i would like to have gone to.

[MerkabaStar]

and youre sure it had white on its back? Theres a billion pileated false sightings a year. But hey more power to you. I hope to god you did see one.

[IrenaScott]

I sure wish you could go the the same place and see it again.

[latroncal]

hey i just cameback from ecuador south america in a town by the mountain i saw the same kind of birds even a bold eagle i was amazed i allways belive they were from north america.

[mahonorchid]

What province were you in? There are so many woodpecker species in EC, but they are typically different than these Pileated and Ivory Billed... most have the size and shape of Cardinals...

[MarchingTwinkie3]

(cont'd)

I still don't know what to make of the "rediscovery";

I thought it was impossible until I really watched the Luneau video. It does look like it could be an Ivory-bill. I do think that they could be out there, but if they are, I'm not optimistic about their future.

[MarchingTwinkie3]

It never ceases to amaze me that people can actually confuse the Pileated with the Ivory-bill in any circumstance; the differences are so glaring to me!The only similarities I see are that both have some red, black, and white, and both have crests.

[eminart]

Well yeah, they're easy to tell apart laying on a table. It's a lot more difficult when you get a fleeting glimpse of something flying through the trees.

[StsSunnyCharlie]

I agree of course the ivory billed are still out there, its just a matter of time till we see them again.

anyway, it was an interesting video to be able to compare the two. thanks

[Jakooka]

I do not believe the ivory-billed woodpecker is extinct! Too many good people have been seeing it over the years. Anyone who says it's gone will have a rude awakening before long. I think it survived by becoming very secretive.