[TN-Bird] Ivory-billed Woodpecker accepted as Arkansas state record

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From: DeLynn Hearn [mailto:delynnh@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 4:53 PM
Subject: Ivory-billed Woodpecker Accepted for State Records
Interview Contact: DeLynn Hearn, President

Arkansas Audubon Society

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Record now part of The Official Arkansas Bird
Records

LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS

After reviewing evidence of the ivory-billed woodpecker gathered in the
Cache River National Wildlife Refuge in April 2004, the Bird Records
Committee of the Arkansas Audubon Society has voted to change the status
of the bird in Arkansas from "extirpated" to "present".

Max Parker, longtime curator for the Arkansas Audubon Society, received on
June 17, 2005, verifying documentation for the extraordinary record from a
member of the research team. The documentation was studied at length by
all
members of the Arkansas Bird Records Committee before the record was
accepted.

The Arkansas Audubon Society, which was organized in 1955, has compiled bird
records since its inception. All sightings of species unusual or
unexpected in Arkansas must be fully documented (preferably including
photographs or videos) and submitted for review by the bird records
committee. At least four of the five committee members must vote for
acceptance before the sightings become part of the official record.

One of the objectives of the Arkansas Audubon Society has been to
contribute to the knowledge of birds in Arkansas through the permanent
maintenance of bird records for the state. The Arkansas Bird Records
Committee, chaired by the Arkansas Audubon Society curator, is responsible
for determining the validity of reports of birds in Arkansas that are rare
in the state, difficult to identify, or seen out of season. Noteworthy
records that have been accepted by the ABRC appear in the curator's
report,
published each quarter in the society's newsletter, Arkansas Birds, and also
in North American Birds, the publication of record for distribution of birds
in the entire continent. The ABRC also maintains and periodically
publishes the official Arkansas state bird list.

More information is available online at www.ARBIRDS.org.

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Bristol, TN



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