This detail from Audubon’s painting of Ivory-billed Woodpeckers shows a female (top) and a male focusing their attention on a beetle. Courtesy of the John James Audubon Center at Mill Grove, Montgomery County Audubon Collection, and Zebra Publishing
Ten years after Ivory-bill fever swept the nation, an expert on the iconic bird assesses the hope, hype, and disappointment. Read More “Ghost bird: A look back at Ivory-bill fever”
In 2010 and 2012, five teams of researchers published studies in which they concluded either that the Ivory-billed Woodpecker was extinct or that the odds … Read More “The Ivory-bill after a decade: Just how do we know when a species is extinct?”
Oh, how we would have liked to have a photo of an Ivory-billed Woodpecker, not a Hooded Merganser, on the cover of our February 2015 … Read More “In our February 2015 issue: Diving ducks on frozen lakes and the Ivory-billed Woodpecker”
A review of National Geographic Complete Birds of North America, Second Edition Read More “New edition of National Geographic book delivers verdict on long-sought woodpecker”
Studies of specimens and sightings published in 2012 reach same conclusion as earlier research Read More “Ivory-billed Woodpecker is extinct, say two teams of researchers”
The author of A Red Bird in a Brown Bag describes how he found an Ivory-billed Woodpecker in a Florida swamp Read More “Geoffrey Hill’s search for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker along the Choctawhatchee River in Florida”
Grab your binoculars! Let’s hit the road to find the 20 birds our readers say they want to see most Read More “Where to find the 20 birds birdwatchers want to see most”
Jerome A. Jackson criticizes the search for Ivory-billed Woodpecker, decries faith-based ornithology Read More “Scientist decries ‘faith-based ornithology’ in Ivory-bill search”
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