Ivory-billed woodpecker spotted - they aren't extinct!

Posted on Thursday, April 28 2005 @ 23:33 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

In a remote part of Arkansas ornithologists spotted an ivory-billed woodpecker - an animal claimed to be extinct for more than 60 years.

Several experts have spotted and heard at least one and possibly more ivory-billed woodpeckers deep in an ancient cypress swamp in eastern Arkansas. One was videotaped last year.

More info at Reuters

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