Hi,
It would be really COOL if this Ivory-Billed Woodpecker story is
true😲
===
Pennsylvania researchers find ‘iconic’ bird thought to be extinct for
decades Published: May. 22, 2023, 7:25 a.m.
By Brian Linder |
bli...@pennlive.com
Researchers in Pennsylvania have reportedly just spotted a bird that
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was considering declaring extinct
because its last “unchallenged” sighting came all the way back in 1944,
according to reports.
In an incredible finding, researchers with the National Aviary in
Pittsburgh, claim that they have captured images of the ivory-billed
woodpecker — called an “iconic species” — on motion-activated trail
cameras that they placed in Louisiana. The group reportedly recorded
the birds in “bottomland hardwood forests.”
They also reportedly used drones in 2019 to scan the treetops for the
birds and their techniques reportedly returned “numerous images” of the
woodpeckers...
===
https://www.mlive.com/news/2023/05/pennsylvania-researchers-find-iconic-bird-thought-to-be-extinct-for-decades.html
--
Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids MI