On Tuesday, ornithologists who had expressed doubts <http://www.surfbirds.com/phorum/read.php?f=83&i=10801&t=10801> about the rediscovery <http://www.birds.cornell.edu/ivory/story1.htm> of the ivory-billed woodpecker said they are now convinced that the bird is alive and well. New sound recordings <http://www.birds.cornell.edu/ivory/story4.htm> of the woodpecker-which hadn't been seen since 1944-brought the skeptics around. "Once everybody hears these vocalizations, you can't help but be convinced <http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8792141/> ," said one expert. How do ornithologists know what an extinct bird sounds like? (Click link for the rest of the brief article, which mentions other birds as well.)

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