ENTS, One of the best articles I think on the ENTS site is one by Matt Largess from Jan 2003 entitled "The search for the Ivory Billed Woodpecker." It is an account of participation in an unsuccessful expedition to hunt for the woodpecker just south of the White River in Arkansas. It is worth a read: http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/arkansas/search_for_the_ivory.htm
Don Staples also writes in part concerning the Big Thicket in Texas; "Along with diverse plant life is the diverse animal life, from upland species to swamp dwellers. There is a residual population of black bear and cougar, becoming more noticed as their populations rebound and more folks move into the area. Alligators are everywhere there is water, and food. It was the home of the last known specimen of the Ivory Billed Woodpecker known to exist in Texas. I had the good fortune of being lead to the site and observing the bird. Same guide had one in his freezer. I never asked." http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/texas/thicket/big_thicket_tx.htm Rediscovering the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker April 2005 http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/arkansas/ivory_billed_woodpecker.htm NASA Assists Search for Woodpecker Thought to be Extinct August 02, 2006 http://www.nativetreesociety.org/forestecology/nasa_woodpeck.htm Ed "To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty, and in the same field, it beholds, every hour, a picture which was never seen before, and which shall never be seen again" - Ralph Waldo Emerson --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
