This is seriously the best news I've received so far this year. It has been confirmed that the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, a bird declared extinct some 60 years ago, is clearly not extinct and living in Arkansas.
There are more stories out there than what I can report here. If you go to this Google news link you'll see a list of stories or you can just search on your own for "ivory-billed woodpecker".
Harder to find is the report by the woman, Mary Scott, who actually found the bird last year. This NPR article explains why they didn't release the news to the general public until now.
Posted by Elizabeth at April 28, 2005 11:18 AM