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Index of Subjects ------=_Part_11314_21822893.1168455922893 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline here is the site where that update originated: http://www.auburn.edu/academic/science_math/cosam/departments/biology/faculty/webpages/hill/ivorybill/Updates.html my good friend steve pike is on that team, as the chief photographer. they're all quite frustrated that the birds are avoiding their lenses, but not their eyes. -m On 1/10/07, Brian Dalzell <dalzell@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote: > > 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 > > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > ------=_Part_11314_21822893.1168455922893 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline here is the site where that update originated:<br><br><a href="http://www.auburn.edu/academic/science_math/cosam/departments/biology/faculty/webpages/hill/ivorybill/Updates.html">http://www.auburn.edu/academic/science_math/cosam/departments/biology/faculty/webpages/hill/ivorybill/Updates.html </a><br><br>my good friend steve pike is on that team, as the chief photographer. they're all quite frustrated that the birds are avoiding their lenses, but not their eyes.<br><br>-m<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote"> On 1/10/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Brian Dalzell</b> <dalzell@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Sounds like only a matter of time until definitive proof is forthcoming!<br>For more details:<br><a href="http://web2.uwindsor.ca/courses/biology/dmennill/IBWO/IBWOindex.php">http://web2.uwindsor.ca/courses/biology/dmennill/IBWO/IBWOindex.php </a><br><br>Brian Dalzell<br>(a Maritimer wintering in Florida).<br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Chuck Geanangel" <hoatzin@TAMPABAY.RR.COM><br>Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 7:02 AM <br>Subject: Fw: Florida Female Ivory-bill<br><br><br>>> Hi all<br>>><br>>> Just had to share this most recent info with all of our birder friends.<br>>><br>>> We know Tyler, met him when ge was 16, & he was an excellent birder back <br>>> then, so this sighting is very promising. Someone just needs to get a<br>>> picturre!!! Why is it cameras always seem to malfunction at the worst<br>>> time!<br>>><br>>> Lori<br>>> <br>>> On Christmas Eve, Tyler Hicks got an outstanding look at a female<br>>> Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Only three people were in camp that day - Drs.<br>>> Greg and Diane Lewbart and Tyler. Tyler heard double knocks in early <br>>> morning, and using his radio he called Greg and Diane toward the<br>>> location. Diane was first on the scene and she heard three kent calls.<br>>> Things then quieted down and everyone went back to their cavity surveys. <br>>><br>>> An hour or so later, Greg and Diane heard four double knocks southwest<br>>> of the area birds had been detected, and they called Tyler. Tyler<br>>> rendezvoused with Greg and Diane and headed off in the direction they <br>>> heard the double knocks.<br>>><br>>> While hiking along a narrow fast flowing channel he heard two kent calls.<br>>> Tyler was hiking along the channel and it began to rain. Tyler tucked the <br>>> SLR under his jacket and stealthily hiked in the direction of the kent<br>>> calls. As he came around a bend in the channel, he saw an ivorybill on<br>>> the trunk of a tupelo.<br>>><br>>> It was only about 40 feet away. Tyler could clearly see the "ivory-white" <br>>> bill on the bird. He said the pale bill "glowed" against the dark trunk<br>>> of the tree. The crest of the bird was black. He's sure. No red. The bird<br>>> presented a profile so he saw one dorsal stripe running from the head to <br>>> the back. The lower portion of the back of the perched bird was brilliant<br>>> white.<br>>><br>>> The bird paused on the tree for just a second and then fled. As it<br>>> launched off the trunk and flew off Tyler could clearly see the broad <br>>> white trailing edge covering the secondaries and innermost primaries of<br>>> the dorsal wing<br>>> surface. In flight, it had a long pointed tail and a long neck which he<br>>> described as "like a pintail duck". <br>>><br>>> Tyler's encounter was a great photo opportunity, but the camera failed<br>>> us. Tyler's SLR was set to auto focus and it took time to focus instead<br>>> of taking photos during the couple of seconds the bird was in front of <br>>> him. This is extremely frustrating for all of us, but we are getting very<br>>> close to a photograph of these woodpeckers. We'll have a photo or video<br>>> soon.<br>>><br>>> Having a larger search crew is making all the difference. We are able to <br>>> locate and track these birds now.<br>>><br>>> Tyler's sighting cannot be dismissed as a misidentification. The details<br>>> reported by Tyler absolutely rule out any other species of bird. <br>>><br>>> Things are extremely busy for all of us but I'll try to post an update<br>>> each week during our search.<br>>><br>>> Geoff Hill, 1/7/07<br>>><br>><br>> To subscribe, unsubscribe or view archives of the brdbrain listserv list, <br>> please visit us on the web at:<br>> http://listserv.admin.usf.edu/archives/brdbrain.html<br>> To set to no mail: send a message "SET BRDBRAIN NOMAIL" to <br>> LISTSERV@LISTSERV.ADMIN.USF.EDU
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