[TN-Bird] News from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Here is some information from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about a White 
Pileated Woodpecker and the Results on the Great Backyard Bird Count.
Shane Adams
East of Hamblen County
Morristown, TN. 37813



News from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
February 22, 2006

Searchers in Arkansas Document a White Pileated Woodpecker

A stunning, nearly totally white Pileated Woodpecker has been found and 
photographed in the Big Woods region of Arkansas, where searchers have been 
intensively looking for Ivory-billed Woodpeckers. The white Pileated Woodpecker 
is of special interest because some have argued that a bird videotaped by David 
Luneau in 2004 was not an Ivory-billed Woodpecker, but rather a Pileated 
Woodpecker with an unusual amount of white on its wings.

The recent observations and documentation show that the white Pileated 
Woodpecker and another pileated with extra white on its wings are obviously 
distinctive and would not have been mistaken for ivory-bills. Additionally, 
characteristics of the bird in the Luneau video and in ivory-bill sighting 
reports clearly differ from those of Pileated Woodpeckers, even those with a 
large amount of white.

For the full story and photographs, visit 
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/ivory/field/from_field_html/whitePIWO .


New Record for Great Backyard Bird Count

The data are still rolling in, but this year's Great Backyard Bird Count 
participants have blasted past the previous record of 6,508,295 birds counted. 
As of noon today, 7,010,825 birds had been counted and 53,299 checklists 
submitted. Thank you to everyone who participated! If you still haven't sent in 
your counts, we encourage you to do so now at http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc.

We give our heartfelt thanks to the dedicated Great Backyard Bird Count 
ambassadors who inspired their communities to participate and who helped make 
this year's count a wonderful success. For a sampling of news stories from 
around the continent, many of them featuring participants, please visit 
http://www.birdsource.org/gbbc/gbbc-in-the-news/articles-about-the-great-backyard-bird-count/
 .

Next year, we'd like to set up a web page to share stories of how ambassadors 
and participants engaged their communities in the count. We would love to hear 
your stories--please send messages to lab_of_ornithology-news@xxxxxxxxxxx and 
put "GBBC stories" in the subject line.

As soon as all the results have come in, we'll announce winners of this year's 
contests. Scientists from the Lab and Audubon will also be posting highlights 
on the web site. We'll let you know when all that is available.

Many thanks for your enthusiasm and support!

Your friends at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology 


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