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- From: "Daryl" <pulis@mindspring.com>
- To: "gardenwriters-on-gardening" <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [gwl-g] OT- Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Found
- Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 18:12:57 -0400
Since many of us write about habitat destruction as well as gardening,
you
might find this of interest. I received this news update this morning from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. It began, "Remember this day. Because this is the day you learn that the Ivory-billed Woodpecker lives!! ... You'll be hearing in the news today that the Holy Grail of birding--the bird many feared to be extinct--has at last been sighted by multiple observers and captured in a brief segment of video footage. " For decades, people have sought the Ivory-Billed, largest woodpecker in North America. It has been considered to be near extinction. Some sightings were made in the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia from the middle of the 1800's to the 30's and 40's. Extensive logging was believed to have caused their demise. First sighted in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge in Arkansas on Feb. 11, 2004, a coalition of researchers has made extensive searches, and 15 sightings have been made since then, and recent videotape has confirmed the bird. Amazing! For more information about the search and the efforts to save the ivory-billed woodpecker and the Big Woods, visit www.ivorybill.org. ***
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[gwl-g] Selling plants and Potting Soil,
Melanie, 04/28/2005
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Re: [gwl-g] Selling plants and Potting Soil,
Sandie Parrott, 04/28/2005
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Re: [gwl-g] Selling plants and Potting Soil,
Melanie, 04/28/2005
- [gwl-g] OT- Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Found, Daryl, 04/28/2005
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Re: [gwl-g] Selling plants and Potting Soil,
Melanie, 04/28/2005
- Re: [gwl-g] Selling plants and Potting Soil, bbmackey, 04/28/2005
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Re: [gwl-g] Selling plants and Potting Soil,
Sandie Parrott, 04/28/2005
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