Here is the beginning of the article on the Ivory-billed controversy which will appear tomorrow. The three authors of the submitted paper are Richard Prum and Mark Robbins plus Jerome Jackson. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 3 Biologists Question Evidence in Sighting of Rare Woodpecker By ANDREW C. REVKIN Published: July 21, 2005 Three biologists are questioning the evidence used by a team of bird experts who made the electrifying claim in April that they had sighted an ivory-billed woodpecker, a bird presumed to have vanished from the United States more than 60 years ago, in the swampy forests of southeast Arkansas. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The Cannons will roar!!! Good Birding!!! Jeff R. Wilson OL'COOT / TLBA Bartlett, TN