[Tweeters] Do videos show ivory-billed woodpecker, or is it extinct?

[Jeff Gilligan]

The guy suggesting it ”could be anything” and that “there are more convincing photos of a Sasquatch” really should be ignored based on those inane comments alone. 

The video of a bird flying to and landing on tree that was shot from above is very intriguing.  The large amount of white on the upper wings certainly rules out Wood Duck.  If I had to bet, I would think the video is of a Red-headed Woodpecker though.  I assume that the size of the bird in comparison to the limb it landed on could be definitive.

Jeff Gilligan
Willapa Bay


 

> On Aug 13, 2022, at 10:41 PM, Tom Benedict <benedict.t at comcast.net> wrote:

> 

> Evidently there are still folks out there looking for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. 

> 

> https://apnews.com/article/science-animals-wildlife-north-america-birds-de73ecb49a997b96201d8614d38f6f49 <https://apnews.com/article/science-animals-wildlife-north-america-birds-de73ecb49a997b96201d8614d38f6f49>

> 

> Millions of sharp and in focus photos of every other bird species on earth, but all these IBWO “evidence” photos are grainy and low res. 

> 

> I guess there’s a fast approaching deadline for official declaration from the US Fish and Wildlife Service to declare IBWO extinct, so these reports are showing up. We can probably expect a few more.

> 

> Tom Benedict

> Seahurst, WA

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