The Search for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker
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Description: Account of an expedition to follow up on a recently reported sighting of the presumed extinct Campephilus principalis from Louisiana.
The Search for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker The Ivory-billed Woodpecker once lived throughout the bottomland forests of southeastern North America. Habitat destruction and hunting greatly reduced their numbers, and many people believed this maginificent species was extinct by the middle of the 20th century. Following the observation of birds in Arkansas by Cornell University researchers, in May 2005 three researchers from Auburn University encountered an Ivory-billed Woodpecker in the bottomland forests of the Florida panhandle. An international team of researchers from the University of Windsor and Auburn University began a detailed search for Ivory-bills along the Choctawhatchee River in December 2005. Dr. Dan Mennill coordinated an acoustic survey of the site, constructing seven remote Listening Stations capable of recording the sounds of the bottomland forests 24 hours per day. Recordings from Florida were analyzed in the
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| Date | Creation date: 2000/09/29 Expiry date: 2020/01/17 |