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-- Employment Opportunity --

Published on 2013-05-19 06:00:00

--------------------------------------------------------- I've been asked to inform readers of two job positions available, one for a PhD. student and the other for a Post-Doctoral fellow, both related to studies of the Magellanic Woodpecker in the

-- The Cincinnati-Choctawhatchee Connection --

Published on 2013-05-03 05:00:00

---------------------------------------------------------- Since Geoff Hill's announcement (never definitively confirmed) of Ivory-bills in Florida's Choctawhatchee region, a dedicated group of artists/naturalists from Ohio have gone down each year

A Day That Will Live In Birding Infamy...?

Published on 2013-04-28 07:00:00

---------------------------------------------------------- ...or, perhaps not??? It was 8 years ago today that Cornell Lab of Ornithology (with others) officially announced to the world, and published in the journal SCIENCE, that the Ivory-billed W

-- Gallagher On Radio --

Published on 2013-04-26 15:30:00

--------------------------------------------------------- In case you missed it, Tim Gallagher ("Imperial Dreams") was guest on Diane Rehm's NPR show yesterday. Nice interview (50+ mins.) about his search for the Imperial Woodpecker in Mexico, avai

-- Flatboatin' Around Natchez --

Published on 2013-04-10 06:00:00

---------------------------------------------------------- As a big fan of Jane Goodall this recent posting makes for an amusing story... and, with an Ivory-bill element tossed in to boot, it's all-the-more a fun read: http://clermontsun.com/2013/0

-- John V. Dennis Tape(s)? --

Published on 2013-04-07 18:00:00

---------------------------------------------------------"Houston," who posted the John Dennis Texas summary reports over at Ivorybill Researchers' Forum that I cited last week (April 2), has another entry up, this time relating to whatever tapes (po

-- Chasing Another Ghost --

Published on 2013-04-04 19:30:00

--------------------------------------------------------- All people have dreams… some dream of power or riches or castles… some dream of big woodpeckers . . . . . With so little Ivory-bill news to report I'll go ahead and post a blurb about Ti

-- 1967, Texas, John Dennis --

Published on 2013-04-02 16:15:00

------------------------------------------------ A member of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker Researchers' Forum has posted a number of the interesting original 1967 reports of John V. Dennis concerning sightings of the IBWO in the Big Thicket of Texas:h

-- One Reporter's Tale --

Published on 2013-03-05 13:24:00

------------------------------------------------------------ A semi-interesting... if rather disappointing concluding take from an Arkansas reporter: http://www.couriernews.net/story/1946877.html She's wrong about the Ivory-bill being bigger tha

-- IBWO Nests Difficult To Find In 2010… AND, In 1905 --

Published on 2013-02-08 18:00:00

------------------------------------------------------------A bit ago a poster at Ivory-bill Researchers Forum linked to an old but nice IBWO account from R.D. Hoyt in Florida from 1905, and another poster later transcribed it to the site. It's an in

-- Dream On? --

Published on 2013-01-29 17:00:00

------------------------------------------------------------Duly noted, Cornell's Tim Gallagher started a blog this month, "Imperial Dreams," apparently to coincide with the upcoming (April) release of his newest book (same title) on his latest obses

-- A New Year --

Published on 2013-01-06 07:00:00

------------------------------------------------------------ I don't usually bother linking anymore to summary Ivory-bill pieces that re-hash the situation without adding something new to the discussion, but I'll break that rule to get the New Year

-- In Time For Christmas... --

Published on 2012-12-15 05:00:00

------------------------------------------------------------ Well, this is different...A Colorado politician (and life-long birdwatcher) has self-published a novel (geared to young people) entitled "AVES: The Age Of Engagement," with the Ivory-bill

-- In the Shadow of Mason Spencer --

Published on 2012-12-09 06:30:00

------------------------------------------------------------Credibility….When David Kulivan claimed an encounter with 2 Ivory-bills in the Louisiana woods in 1999, some doubters found his verbal/written reports TOO good… TOO on-the-mark… TOO ac

-- From Louisiana --

Published on 2012-12-01 08:00:00

----------------------------------------------------------- Received a letter yesterday from Louisiana searchers with information they wish to pass along for the benefit of any other active searchers. The verbatim letter below: ********************

-- Rarer Than Ivory-bills??? --

Published on 2012-11-14 16:27:00

------------------------------------------------------------Recently someone sent me a photo of a partially "leucistic" Pileated Woodpecker, in this instance a specimen with a slightly enlarged white wing patch showing. Over the years from time-to-ti

-- FWIW --

Published on 2012-10-20 17:00:00

------------------------------------------------------------ David Luneau notes (Oct. 18) receipt of a recent sighting he seems to feel of some interest. No details provided as yet, however; not even as to general location: http://www.ibwo.org/index.php ------------------------------------------------------------

-- "Potential Source of Confusion" --

Published on 2012-10-09 05:00:00

------------------------------------------------------------ I'll pass along this note from a reader expressing "a potential source of confusion" that searchers ought be alerted to… the Black-bellied Whistling Duck. This species is expanding it's territory further into Southeastern states, and the e-mailer notes that in the case of a brief glance from behind, the bird would flash

-- Long Hot Summer --

Published on 2012-09-16 02:55:00

------------------------------------------------------------ Have only heard from a couple of folks who spent any time looking for IBWOs during what may have been the worst, hottest, buggiest, most uncomfortable summer on recent record in the Southeast (never a great time to look for IBWOs, even under good conditions). If anyone further cares to note the location of any search time spent in the

-- Jurassic Whatever… --

Published on 2012-08-21 16:25:00

------------------------------------------------------------ I s'pose I have some ambivalent feelings about this, but iconoclast Stewart Brand (with others) has a current project underway, called "Revive and Restore" to bring back-to-life various extinct species, using modern genetic techniques. Although their current focus is on the Passenger Pigeon, both the Ivory-billed and Imperial

-- Replay --

Published on 2012-07-26 15:00:00

------------------------------------------------------------- For any who may be interested, someone named John Deamond has pieced together this video of various IBWO-related clips (there seems to be no accompanying audio). The first minute-or-so are some very quick clips, mostly zoomed, that have made claims of showing IBWOs (some from YouTube, some from Mike Collins, 1 from Geoff Hill's

-- Hope (...and Reports) Remains --

Published on 2012-07-18 15:35:00

------------------------------------------------------------- Minnesota birder Jim Williams voices his continued hope for the Ivory-bill in this current short column: http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/homegarden/blogs/162911316.html -------------------------------------------------------------

-- Random Thoughts on a Hot Summer Night --

Published on 2012-07-15 18:00:00

------------------------------------------------------------- Often I let such things go, though sometimes they wear on me a bit… mislabeled pictures of an "Ivory-billed Woodpecker" (with a photo of a Pileated) continually appear on the Web, simply adding to the widespread confusion that stiiiiill exists over these 2 species even after all this time. (Ivory-billed Woodpecker... NNNOT!!)

-- Higgs Appears, Bevier Disappears --

Published on 2012-07-04 05:00:00

(The elusive Higgs Bird, from Chester Reed via Wikimedia Commons) -------------------------------------------------------------- Happy Holiday! to my US readers… and Happy Higgs Day! to my European readers (and science buffs EVERYwhere!)… now that 'The God Particle' is being confirmed, perhaps the Lord God Bird will follow… ;-) anyway, just one actual IBWO note of curiosity today: I

-- Book Review --

Published on 2012-06-29 18:00:00

-------------------------------------------------------------- I previously promoted Canadian Tom Gallant's recent novel, "The Lord God Bird," before actually seeing it, and now with so little other news to report, and having read it, I may as well do my own review…. First, one should know that I can count on the fingers of one hand (and not including the thumb!) the number of novels I've

-- Go On Record... --

Published on 2012-06-06 17:08:00

-------------------------------------------------------------- With so little to report, I'll just mention that Jack Hitt's latest book, "Bunch of Amateurs," includes a long chapter on the whole Ivory-bill escapade since Cornell's original announcement (and the role of "amateurs" in that escapade). I've previously linked to this NY Times article of Hitt's which includes some of the same info he

-- Sharin' Some Ivory-bill Love --

Published on 2012-05-27 06:00:00

----------------------------------------------------------------- Sometimes I skip over reporting on non-documentary Ivorybill-related movies, novels, stories, and the like here… enough folks already regard the content of this blog as fiction ;-) without me bringing up deliberate outputs of fiction. But the reviews I've seen for a recent novel set in the Big Woods of Arkansas, entitled "The

-- Florida Dreaming --

Published on 2012-05-14 18:00:00

-------------------------------------------------------------- May closes out soon and with it, summer overtakes the southeast… summer heat, humidity, foliage, bugs, snakes…. If any Ivory-bills fledged this spring they may just now be beginning to travel around the forest greenery with their parents, just as Ivory-bill searching is largely forced to wind down to a standstill. Not too much

-- Florida Dreaming --

Published on 2012-05-14 18:00:00

-- Population Genetics & Species Decline --

Published on 2012-05-05 10:45:00

--------------------------------------------------------------- h/t to Nate Swick and the ABA Blog for bringing attention to some graduate student work at LSU focusing on using new population genetics techniques to better account for the significant declines/extinction of some iconic bird species: -----------------------------------------------------------------

-- Population Genetics & Species Decline --

Published on 2012-05-05 10:45:00

-- Comedy of Errors? --

Published on 2012-04-28 06:00:00

--------------------------------------------------------------- ..... Seven years ago today, Cornell Lab of Ornithology officials made what may have been either the most incredible, or, ultimately most embarrassing, announcement in the entire history of American ornithology. Some of us are still awaiting a verdict on that announcement… (while others have long-past made up their minds). And seven

-- Comedy of Errors? --

Published on 2012-04-28 06:00:00

-- On the Big Screen --

Published on 2012-04-15 05:30:00

---------------------------------------------------Documentary filmmaker George Butler has been working on "The Lord God Bird," the only Cornell-endorsed film account of the IBWO search, as "a work in progress" since the beginning of this Arkansas-based saga. The independent film has been screened sparingly over recent years, and is included in upcoming Earth Day celebrations (next weekend) at

-- On the Big Screen --

Published on 2012-04-15 05:30:00

-- Back to Atchafalaya --

Published on 2012-04-06 10:00:00

--------------------------------------------------A semi-interesting post over at IBWO Researchers Forum from a prominent independent IBWO searcher regarding a recent double-knock in the Atchafalaya (he urges further investigation of the the area if possible):http://www.ibwo.net/forum/showthread.php?p=5980#post5980(As a note, the general Atchafalaya region of La. is the site of a great many

-- Back to Atchafalaya --

Published on 2012-04-06 10:00:00

-- April 2 --

Published on 2012-04-02 07:00:00

----------------------------------------------------------------...just a quick note of thanks to all those who did NOT send me a report of spotting an Ivory-billed Woodpecker yesterday!!----------------------------------------------------------------

-- April 2 --

Published on 2012-04-02 07:00:00

-- Intermission --

Published on 2012-03-28 21:00:00

---------------------------------------------------------------Feel like I ought to post something for the time being, so... just some old relaxing nature video:---------------------------------------------------------------

-- Intermission --

Published on 2012-03-28 21:00:00

-- Of Soras, Kitchens, and Paradoxes --

Published on 2012-03-18 07:30:00

------------------------------------------------------------Probably ought do a new entry since some readers only read the posts here and miss the comments section… so for any who don't know already, the prevailing opinion to the latest taped sounds from Louisiana is that they are likely Sora rails (I'm not 100% convinced of this myself, but its a moot point since I am convinced they are not IBWO

-- Of Soras, Kitchens, and Paradoxes --

Published on 2012-03-18 07:30:00

-- 'Round and 'Round We Go --

Published on 2012-03-07 20:00:00

------------------------------------------------------------Thanks to all who've sent along their thoughts on the Louisiana sounds via email… even though nothing is settled; no one writing me is willing to call the sounds Ivory-bills, but nor has anyone pinpointed a really convincing candidate for what the sounds are -- I'm honestly surprised a good candidate hasn't arisen yet. I think the most

-- 'Round and 'Round We Go --

Published on 2012-03-07 20:00:00

-- Update --

Published on 2012-03-04 10:30:00

------------------------------------------------------------Not much of an update (read prior post if you haven't already), but I've been listening to the Coyote tapes repeatedly, and received slightly more context about the sounds. My first impression remains the same, that these don't sound (to my ears), like what I'd expect of Ivory-bills… the pitch, tone, cadence, speed, rhythm doesn't

-- Update --

Published on 2012-03-04 10:30:00

-- And Hey, Back to Louisiana --

Published on 2012-03-02 17:30:00

------------------------------------------------------------yeah, we can play this musical chairs game of southern states for awhile yet… ;-)As regular readers here likely know the Project Coyote Team has put forth more evidence for the possible presence of IBWOs in their general search area in Louisiana. You can go to the IBWO Researchers' Forum to read their report and link to audio clips of

-- February Closing Out --

Published on 2012-02-27 17:00:00

-----------------------------------------------------------Looks like February will close out with even less to report on than I thought might be the case...Oh well, with spring/summer right around the corner, in the event you want to stock up on some Ivory-billed T-shirts, you can check out a few choices here:http://www.zazzle.com/%22ivory-billed+woodpecker%22+tshirtsMeanwhile, Mike Collins has

-- And, Back To Georgia --

Published on 2012-02-15 17:00:00

------------------------------------------------------------It's difficult to truly say "back to" in the case of Georgia, since the state has never been as much a focus of IBWO searches as some other southern states. According to the officially-recognized original distribution of Ivory-billed Woodpeckers in the U.S., only a slim southern and eastern margin of Georgia was ever home to Ivory-billed

-- Birdwatching Magazine Links --

Published on 2012-02-10 18:30:00

----------------------------------------------------Birdwatching Magazine's (formerly "Birder's World") updated summary page of their various online Ivory-billed Woodpecker articles over the years:http://tinyurl.com/7zhavoy----------------------------------------------------

-- "Odds"/Ends --

Published on 2012-02-05 07:00:00

-------------------------------------------------------------The previous post took a swipe at applying statistics/probability in the social/biological sciences, but it occurs to me that the physical sciences are by no means immune from the temptation either. In astronomy, the Drake equation (which involves several terms that must be assigned values) was a famous attempt to guesstimate the

-- "Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics" --

Published on 2012-02-02 19:30:00

------------------------------------------------------------There seem to be more people involved in individual IBWO searches this month than perhaps there will be the remainder of the season, though I'm doubtful much will come of it (possibly the occasional sightings claim somewhere of course, but probably no photos or other documentation).Meanwhile, as Kai Krause once famously wrote (only part

-- Back to the Big Thicket --

Published on 2012-01-08 07:30:00

----------------------------------------------------------With no other pressing news on horizon may as well post this Texas Parks and Wildlife stab at hope from the Big Thicket:----------------------------------------------------------

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