It gets worse folks, they did a follow up. In it there are actually two woodpeckers, the first is a Red-headed, the second is a Pileated. The TV reporter fails to notice there were two different birds. And, even though the reporter had pictures of an Ivory-billed for comparison, he still seemed to imply the "mystery" bird might be an Ivory-billed. Pathetic. http://www.ksla.com/story/17663818/is-it-really-woody Lori Markoff Austin -----Original Message----- From: Birding discussion list for Texas [mailto:texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrew McCullough Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 3:10 PM To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [texbirds] Ivory-billed Sighting? Horrible journalism! This spreads misinformation and also humiliates the man who observed the bird. I suspect he was well intentioned. Andy TMC , Houston ________________________________ From: Sean Paul Kelley <spkelley@xxxxxxxxx> To: texbirds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 2:40 PM Subject: Re: [texbirds] Ivory-billed Sighting? My other choice of word for malpractice wasn't list friendly. On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Don Richardson <donrich514@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Red-headed for sure, Not only do I see the "hooded " not "Crested" red. > You can > also catch a glimpse of the shorter, blacker bill of Red-headed. But I have > learned something new. I had to chuckle at the crime of "TV Malpractice". > Never > heard that one before. > Don Richardson > Pea > TEXBIRDS help file and Texas birding links at: > http://moonmountaingroup.com/texbirds > rland Texas > > > TEXBIRDS help file and Texas birding links at: http://moo TEXBIRDS help file and Texas birding links at: http://moonmountaingroup.com/texbirds nmountaingroup.com/texbirds TEXBIRDS help file and Texas birding links at: http://moonmountaingroup.com/texbirds Edit your Freelists account settings for TEXBIRDS at //www.freelists.org/list/texbirds