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Will take a moment to recommend that, if you are on Facebook and not already doing so, follow Charles Alexander’s “Ivory-billed Woodpecker” group page for the interesting history and excellent writing it provides (without the controversy and fuming that can accompany the subject):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1440928267041569
...and on a separate note, if you've still not read J. Christopher Haney’s 2021 “Woody’s Last Laugh” you can sample portions of it here:
A reminder that so many of the questions I see come up on social media about the Ivory-billed Woodpecker are readily answerable at the Wikipedia page for the subject (...as well of course by simply looking on Google):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory-billed_woodpecker
As an old codger, it's actually kind of annoying to me to see how often people employ social media to answer questions that can be answered with a little bit of self-research -- as if a kind of laziness has set in and folks are sacrificing the skill of doing their own research in favor of being spoon-fed, despite the Web being such an incredible tool for self-education. Social media can be especially prone to misinformation, and even moreso to what I call "malinformation" -- information that is true, but so over-simplified, limited, spotty, or spun in some biased way, as to still be misleading. Off my soapbox...
...and finally, a reminder that the USFWS's final “Recovery Plan For The Ivory-billed Woodpecker” (from 2010) is freely available online here (chockfull of info):
https://ecos.fws.gov/docs/recovery_plan/100719.pdf
[...sorry, so few responded to the prior post asking for how people originally became interested in the IBWO, but you can continue sending in any responses to my email at top of page, or to the prior post]
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