Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) Persists

Kathleen writes “The book, The Race to Save the Lord God Bird by Phillip Hoose, was among the 2005 American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults. Science Magazine reports on April 28, 2005 that the Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) Persists in Continental North America. The ivory-billed woodpecker, long suspected to be extinct, has been rediscovered in the “Big Woods” region of eastern Arkansas. Visual encounters during 2004 and 2005, and analysis of a video clip from April 2004, confirm the existence of at least one male. Acoustic signatures consistent with Campephilus display-drums also have been heard from the region.”
Here’s a photo of John James Audubon’s Ivory-billed Woodpecker from The Birds of North America, published between 1827 and 1838.”

April 30, 2005 by Uncategorized 1

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  1. Mock Turtle says:
    May 1, 2005 at 6:15 pm

    Lord God Bird on the Cache River
    Here’s the site for the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, where the ivory-billed woodpecker has been sighted. Info about the location, plus Q&As, fact sheet, etc. specifically about the bird (including a WAV file of it pecking and beeping!).

    I pursued this because the Cache River NWR is directly adjacent to my spouse’s ancestral village.

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