Subject: [Tweeters] Ivory-billed Wood
Date: Jul 22 13:46:18 2005
From: sgmlod at aol.com - sgmlod at aol.com


Greetings All

I've heard that experienced observers "saw" this bird. One I talked to glimpsed a bird flying in the distance and really made the ID by hearing the "double-tap." Another never saw it at all, just heard the tapping.

Has anyone seen a written description by someone who saw the bird well? Is such available via the net?

By the way, I'm not saying that I fall on one side of the fence or the other on this bird, just that it is unfair to cast personal insults at the folks expressing doubt, for there doubters than many realize; and some of these folks have a) a great deal of experience and b) no reason for any particular personal jealously/bias.

Cheers
Steven Mlodinow