Last week I had the opportunity to hear Dr. Jackson make a presentation at Sanibel-Captiva (FL) Audubon. My impression is that no one would be more happy to have a definite confirmation of the Ivory-billed's existence than Dr. Jackson. He presented historical studies of the bird in both the Southeastern US and Cuba, focusing on a number of issues including habitat, group or social behavior of the bird, breeding cycles, and attempts to find the bird during the latter half of the 20th century. He makes a fairly convincing case that the bird's survival would mean having overcome great obstacles, albeit not totally impossible ones. He readily calls for and supports continued efforts to substantiate the bird's existence and remains hopeful that additional proof will be offered. Extreme caution rather than extreme negativity seemed to be his message. Kevin Bowden Nashville-Davidson Co. TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the count in which the birds you report were seen. The actual date of observation should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp _____________________________________________________________