[Bristol-Birds] News from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
- From: "Shane" <tshane@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 16:05:35 -0500
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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