OK, so call me a geek, I don't care ...
For those of us who grew up trying to imagine ever seeing the Ivory Billed Woodpecker that we only could see on page 189 of Roger Tory Peterson's Field Guide to Easter Birds ~~ where it is listed as "very close to extinction, if, indeed it still exists" (in my 1980 copyright edition).
Today's news is VERY EXCITING!
There have been no confirmed sightings of this bird since the 50's. Imagine if there are other species thought to be extinct that are still out there somewhere in the untouched secluded forests of this earth!
Please go here and click the link to listen to the story.
I am going to order this book tonight ... I have wanted to read it for a few years.
If you have ever seen a Pileated Woodpecker in the wild, you know how striking that can be. Imagine a bird larger than this! Imagine SEEING a bird thought to be extinct!
Now we just have to hope and pray that there are several nesting pairs somewhere in those woods, and that all the media attention will not sabotoge their brave efforts at survival!
Posted by sunybank at April 29, 2005 07:02 AM
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