Researchers from the National Aviary claim to have documented physical
evidence that the bird is still alive in Louisiana. In apre-print
research paper
<
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.04.06.487399v1.full.pdf>that
has not yet been peer-reviewed, lead author Steve Latta and a number of
other researchers lay out the evidence that while the Ivory-billed
Woodpecker may be reclusive, it has not been wiped out entirely.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/13/ivory-bill-woodpecker-not-extinct-researchers-say
https://www.aviary.org/conservation/project-principalis/
Jane Hadley
Seattle, WA