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They located 20 cavities with entrances within the range recorded for Ivory-billed Woodpeckers, but larger than the entrances to the cavities typically created by other birds in this area. And they noted numerous dead trees on which thick, tightly adhering bark has been scaled cleanly away, which fits the description of ivorybill feeding marks. “Among the promising evidence are recordings of ‘kent’ vocalizations apparently being given by two birds in response to one another, and double raps recorded in conjunction with vocalizations,” said Jerome A. Jackson, Ph.D., a renowned ornithologist and professor of biology at Florida Gulf Coast University. “The researchers have presented this evidence with an appropriate note of caution, but let’s keep the hope alive that Hill and his colleagues may have quietly found an ivorybill Shangri-la along the Choctawhatchee,” said Jackson. The scientists encourage interested parties to listen to the recordings and view photographs taken during the expeditions at www.auburn.edu/ivorybill. Based on their evidence, Hill and Mennill will expand their search for Ivory-billed Woodpeckers in the Choctawhatchee River basin in the winter and spring of 2007. The Hill/Mennill team will present its findings at the North American Ornithological Conference in Veracruz, Mexico on Oct. 4, 2006. “The Ivory-billed Woodpecker, so impressive it was called the Lord God Bird in some regions, was thought to be extinct for more than 50 years,” said Hill. “Now, there is new hope for scientists, naturalists and birders that these birds persist in the panhandle of Florida.” Auburn University is a preeminent land-grant and comprehensive research institution with more than 23,500 students and 6,500 faculty and staff. Ranked among the top 50 public universities nationally, Auburn offers more than 230 undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degree programs. ### sept06:AU-ivorybill _________________________________________________________________ Ready for the world's first international mobile film festival celebrating the creative potential of today's youth? Check out Mobile Jam Fest for your a chance to WIN $10,000! www.mobilejamfest.com
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