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Sounds like only a matter of time until definitive proof is forthcoming! For more details: http://web2.uwindsor.ca/courses/biology/dmennill/IBWO/IBWOindex.php Brian Dalzell (a Maritimer wintering in Florida). ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Geanangel" <hoatzin@TAMPABAY.RR.COM> Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 7:02 AM Subject: Fw: Florida Female Ivory-bill >> Hi all >> >> Just had to share this most recent info with all of our birder friends. >> >> We know Tyler, met him when ge was 16, & he was an excellent birder back >> then, so this sighting is very promising. Someone just needs to get a >> picturre!!! Why is it cameras always seem to malfunction at the worst >> time! >> >> Lori >> >> On Christmas Eve, Tyler Hicks got an outstanding look at a female >> Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Only three people were in camp that day - Drs. >> Greg and Diane Lewbart and Tyler. Tyler heard double knocks in early >> morning, and using his radio he called Greg and Diane toward the >> location. Diane was first on the scene and she heard three kent calls. >> Things then quieted down and everyone went back to their cavity surveys. >> >> An hour or so later, Greg and Diane heard four double knocks southwest >> of the area birds had been detected, and they called Tyler. Tyler >> rendezvoused with Greg and Diane and headed off in the direction they >> heard the double knocks. >> >> While hiking along a narrow fast flowing channel he heard two kent calls. >> Tyler was hiking along the channel and it began to rain. Tyler tucked the >> SLR under his jacket and stealthily hiked in the direction of the kent >> calls. As he came around a bend in the channel, he saw an ivorybill on >> the trunk of a tupelo. >> >> It was only about 40 feet away. Tyler could clearly see the "ivory-white" >> bill on the bird. He said the pale bill "glowed" against the dark trunk >> of the tree. The crest of the bird was black. He's sure. No red. The bird >> presented a profile so he saw one dorsal stripe running from the head to >> the back. The lower portion of the back of the perched bird was brilliant >> white. >> >> The bird paused on the tree for just a second and then fled. As it >> launched off the trunk and flew off Tyler could clearly see the broad >> white trailing edge covering the secondaries and innermost primaries of >> the dorsal wing >> surface. In flight, it had a long pointed tail and a long neck which he >> described as "like a pintail duck". >> >> Tyler's encounter was a great photo opportunity, but the camera failed >> us. Tyler's SLR was set to auto focus and it took time to focus instead >> of taking photos during the couple of seconds the bird was in front of >> him. This is extremely frustrating for all of us, but we are getting very >> close to a photograph of these woodpeckers. We'll have a photo or video >> soon. >> >> Having a larger search crew is making all the difference. We are able to >> locate and track these birds now. >> >> Tyler's sighting cannot be dismissed as a misidentification. The details >> reported by Tyler absolutely rule out any other species of bird. >> >> Things are extremely busy for all of us but I'll try to post an update >> each week during our search. >> >> Geoff Hill, 1/7/07 >> > > To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, > please visit us on the web at: > http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html > To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to > LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU > Report any problems to the listserv administrator: listadmin@admin.usf.edu > ____________________________________________________________________________ >
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