10/13/2007: Finding The 'Lord God Bird'
by Ed Bradley - CBS News - 60 Minutes
"(CBS) The ivory-billed woodpecker is one of the most celebrated birds in U.S. history, a bird that has been an American superstar since pre-colonial times. Even though it has been presumed extinct for 60 years, thousands of birdwatchers never gave up searching for what they call the "Lord God bird." " Read More
Web Resource: CBS News - 60 Minutes
10/10/2007: The Art of Birdwatching
by Rikki Hall - Knoxville Metro Pulse, TN
"Knoxville is home to a birdwatching superstar, though Nancy Tanner says, “my only claim to fame is that I’m not dead yet.” She is perhaps the only person who can declare she’s seen an ivory-billed woodpecker and be believed, having helped photograph the crow-sized bird in 1938." Read More
Web Resource: Knoxville Metro Pulse
10/01/2007: Exclusive interview with Bobby Harrison
by - Birder's World Online
Bobby Harrison, one of a handful of people who claims to have seen an Ivory-billed Woodpecker, stopped by our office recently. He was in town to speak at the Milwaukee Audubon Society's Natural Landscapes Conference on February 17. Since April 2004, when he and Cornell scientists announced their rediscovery of the Ivory-bill, Harrison has spoken to more than 60 gatherings of birders and naturalists, telling about his sightings and playing a video that he says shows an Ivory-bill flying. Read More
Web Resource: Birder's World Magazine
09/19/2007: Seekers of ivory-billed woodpecker have gone out on a costly limb
by DAVID BIRD - The Gazette
"On April 28, 2005, the conservation world was turned on its ear when Fitz announced, "We have conclusive proof that the ivory-billed woodpecker has survived into the 21st century." Read More
Web Resource: Montreal Gazette
09/27/2006: Researchers Claim to Have Seen Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
by Associated Press - FoxNews.com
"PENSACOLA, Fla. — After spending months in remote northwest Florida swamps searching for the ivory-billed woodpecker, researchers say they have seen and heard the rare bird once believed to be extinct." Read More
Web Resource: FoxNews.com
07/21/2006: Judge Halts Water Project Due to Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
by Associated Press - FoxNews.com
"LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A federal judge temporarily stopped construction on a $320 million irrigation project Thursday, ruling the changes could disturb the habitat of a woodpecker that might or might not be extinct." Read More
Web Resource: FoxNews.com
05/07/2006: 13 Ways of Looking at an Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
by Jack Hitt - The New York Times
"If I wanted to, I could claim something that fewer than two dozen people on the planet right now can: I have seen an ivory-billed woodpecker. It was only a year ago that history was made when it was announced that this legendary woodpecker — also known as the Lord God Bird for the excited cry said to accompany a sighting — was not extinct, as had been widely believed, but had been positively identified in a swamp called the Bayou de View in Arkansas." Read More
Web Resource: NYTimes.com
03/07/2006: Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Heard in South Carolina
by Assocoated Press - FoxNews.com
"COLUMBIA, S.C. — Biologists and amateurs toting some of the fanciest gear in Congaree National Park are trying to find the rarest of woodpeckers among some of the nation's tallest and oldest trees." Read More
Web Resource: FoxNews.com
12/12/2005: Ivory-billed woodpecker not extinct
by CNN - CNN - Science and Space
"WASHINGTON (CNN) -- An ivory-billed woodpecker -- widely believed to be extinct and whose last confirmed sighting was 60 years ago -- is alive in Arkansas, according to a research paper released Thursday." Read More
Web Resource: CNN Online
04/28/2005: "Extinct" Woodpecker Found in Arkansas, Experts Say
by James Owen - National Geographic News
"For 50 years the ivory-billed woodpecker has been widely considered extinct. But the Elvis of the bird-watching world is alive in eastern Arkansas, bird experts announced today..." Read More
Web Resource: National Geographic Online
