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["Shane" <tshane@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Birders,


Here is an update on the Ivory-billed Woodpecker from the Lab of Ornithology 
that I gotten today.


Shane Adams
East of Hamblen County
Morristown, TN. 37813

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Jennifer Smith 
To: LABOFONEWS-L 
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 3:58 PM
Subject: Ivory-billed Woodpecker update


Dear Lab members and friends,

Some interesting details about the search for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker were 
announced during last week's meeting of the Recovery Team in Brinkley, 
Arkansas. Leaders of the search cited six visual "possible encounters" in the 
Big Woods region, reported by members of the search team, birders, hunters, and 
refuge employees. These encounters keep the search team highly motived and 
hopeful they are on the right track for locating the bird.

Click here for more details.

Note these findings are called "possible encounters." They do not rise to the 
level of confirmed sightings, which would be materially documented. Search team 
leaders stress that this is not new confirmation of the bird, but they are 
encouraged by this flurry of both video and audio activity in a couple of key 
areas. This information is being used to further guide the search.

Thanks again for your continued interest in the project.

Your friends at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.