Stalking the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker

Perhaps not archaeology, but a good adventure in the making. It would be search for a lost wonder of nature rather than a lost civilization.

An American bird, long thought extinct, has been spotted after 65 years.

http://www.birdingamerica.com/Ivorybill/ivorybilledwoodpecker.htm

http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/IBW.html

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1588341321/103-2988249-0063839?v=glance

Wouldn't it be a great adventure to take the first photo of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker?

Of course, the yeti is the creature I want to photograph.

Heliograph said:

Wouldn't it be a great adventure to take the first photo of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker?

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Sadly, there's too many morons out there that would like to do more than 'shoot' a photo.

Uplifting news. It's always great to hear of "previously thought extinct"
animals & plants being discovered. (It's a good bet there's some heavy
competition going on at this very moment for the *first shot*).
I'm curious enough to see the first few photographs...

As far as extinct birds are concerned, New Zealand's 11 ft. tall Giant Moa
would make a great, prize sighting - The Largest Bird That Ever Lived.
Heliograph seeks the Yeti, I seek the Moa!

Here's an update on the story:

http://www.theithacajournal.com/news/stories/20050526/localnews/2144643.html

Found, photographed, videoed & verified!

That's awesome. What a great feeling it must have been to see one. Some of the really neat birds I've seen in my area (Western NY) include a snowy egret (rare around here!), wild pheasants, hawks and, my favorite, great blue herons. The blue heron speared a fish out of the water just a few feet away from me! I saw a bald eagle nest when I went to Florida years ago. Ironically, it was located in a tree at NASA's air base! It was huge!