Hello, since I am a local guy who spent 2 stints searching for Ivory-billed
Woodpeckers, I figured I owed at least a brief synopsis.
In 2006 I was in Arkansas, at the heart of things. I found the white
Pileated that got press.
I heard exceedingly interesting "kent" calls.
In 2007 I was in the Congaree in South Carolina, perhaps the most hopeful
spot of all for the Ivory-bill's continued existence.
I found hugely "interesting cavities".
Long story short.... I searched hard all day, everyday. I have immersed
myself in Ivory-billed literature, I have absorbed everything I could while
privy to the confidential information; I believe a horrible mistake has been
made.
The "proof" video to me quite, quite obviously shows a Pileated.
I will continue to search my heart out, but I have no confidence at all that
the Ivory-billed Woodpecker persists in North America.
I was so excited. The opposite is true now.
Keith Brady
Olympia, Washington

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