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Yeah, just twiddling thumbs here (while focused on other things), but probably ought to post something…. feel like, with the exception of some of the Latta Louisiana evidence, there’s been remarkably little substantive content ever since the Big Woods and Choctawhatchee searches shut down.... like pedaling a stationary bike, and going nowhere. :(( And without conducting large-scale transect-driven searches I'm not confident what will be discovered, though it's plausible that newer technology may yet get the job done.
Next July marks the crazy 20th anniversary of this blog (assuming it limps along to that point). If no better documentation by then, I s’pose I’ll try to wrap things up somehow (not concluding that the species is extinct, but simply that I have too many more important things to expend time/energy on)… even if the bird is definitively documented, I won’t be so interested in where the species is found (nor reporting much on that), but rather interested in:
1) where ELSE it may persist (…and potential numbers)
2) the nature of science and skepticism that led so many so astray
3) how slim the chances are of saving it from extinction
Others will no doubt report extensively on any final success; I'll honestly be more interested in the reasons behind such prolonged and profound failure...
Anyway, for now, will just leave you with this viral video from the Web, perhaps a theme song for this blog ("Don't stop believin', hold onto that feelin'") ;))
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lodFgsahdEs
ADDENDUM 9/25:
Lest you missed it, last night, Richard Goodall actually won the 2024 "America's Got Talent" Grand Finale prize ($1 million)! I actually, was rootin' for the dog act ;) but hey, CONGRATULATIONS Richard!!
His final performance of his signature song, with it's originators "Journey" is here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HP_RKV7f6o
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