Rediscovery of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker

John W. Fitzpatrick, Director of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology at Cornell University discusses the rediscovery of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker and the various questions that have been raised as to authenticity of the rediscovery. He played video and audio clips dealing with the rediscovery that had never been shown or played publicly. Fitzpatrick also dealt with the broader issues of species protection and conservation and noted the future field research that will be done in order to more fully determine that the Ivory-billed Woodpecker has indeed come back from supposed extinction. Series: "Voices" [12/2005] [Science] [Show ID: 11299]

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• Ivory-billed
• woodpecker
• bird
• extinct

[drudger6666]

@colmwn

I too am a student in ornithology. However I do not believe there is convincing evidence that this taxon was rediscovered. I think the lack of verifiable evidence despite 5+ years of intensive searching supports my opinion. I would be interested in your perspective of the Ghost Bird documentary. It is now available for purchase. I hope you get a chance to check it out.

Cheers

[drudger6666]

Well good luck Jackson.  Hope you get a good look at one someday and maybe an excellent photo that will convince me and all the other skeptics (and taxpayers) that this awesome beast is still extant.

Dan

[hondatrx100]

these trees here n missouri has never been logged out on the st francis river the ivory bill is here every time i play the sound of the ivory off my phone the pileated wood pecker comes a running i alway thought that sound n the woods was a frog but here n the winter there is no frogs out hes here i just need a good camra to get this pair on video there here n missouri for sure i seen male and female on the same tree

[uphamtimothy]

James Tanner had archives of newsreels and photographs of ivory-billed woodpeckers. Hopefully, this bottomland owned by the Nature Conservancy in Arkansas, has rich stands of sweet gum, red maple, and nuttal oak, because they need the dying and dead trees of them in order to survive. If the ivory-billed came back from extinction, do not perform the mistake the first time, and log them all down. There has been sightings in Florida, so keep alive those bottomlands!

[hondatrx100]

the pileated wood pecker is a danger to the ivory bill if u record this sound of the ivory bill and play it n the woods u will make the pileated realy mad this bird will run off the ivory bill the cherping sound i heard was right n front of me out a little bit when i played the recording the pileated come fly to me and didnt here any more sound

[hondatrx100]

2 pair of ivory bills n this area n missouri i seen male and female here the female tried to jump of the tree but here there alot of bushes so when she jump to fly off as i floated down she hit a limb and ended up n the water the male with the red on the back side of his head went west the female with the black head flapped her wings back to the tree and got a foot grip and flow off i thought they were ducks but no there were ivory bills i new they were here

[hondatrx100]

i went out yesterday here n missouri and yes the ivory bill does live here i got some sounds just like the 1 n this video the ivory bill stared calling right at dark so ya we have a pair of ivory billed wood pecker here n missouri ive seen them now ive heard there sound they r here n mo

[hondatrx100]

ive seen the ivory bill NOT the pileated wood pecker i now no the differance now and yes the birds does live here n missouri for real this bird is very shy and will set on a tree right about the boarder line on the water and on the east or west side of the tree because moss gross on the north side the ivier billed wood pecker will set border line right at the moss line on the east or west side to hide his white feathers real close to the water you wont hardly see the female male n this video

[hondatrx100]

never been logged out sorry sence 1935

[hondatrx100]

the ivory billed wood pecker is for real ive seen this bird n missouri on the st frances river in the bootheel theses trees here the bootheel has been logged out sence 1935 and ive just learned from some elderly poeple that back in 1935 to 1960s they was destroying there foresest and the men was shooting this bird for food and the women was useing there white feathers to put in there strall hats like what u would see in the show titantic but ive bben looking for the bird and yes they live here.

[luisg13571]

one thing everyone should know if the magnifecent ivory-billed woodpecker is still alive today it would be found in quite small populations in the Oriental part of Cuba in la Sierra Maestra mostly since the most positive area where behavior of this bird has been found