I thought this article was important enough to pass on - not specific to MD
birds - but nonetheless worthy of posting.  I've been waiting for a
thoughtful, objective discussion on the veracity of the Ivory-Billed
sightings, so here it is.


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Frank Boyle
Rohrersville, MD 

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PERSPECTIVES IN ORNITHOLOGY
JEROME A. JACKSON
IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER (CAMPEPHILUS PRINCIPALIS): 
HOPE, AND THE INTERFACES OF SCIENCE, CONSERVATION, AND POLITICS, The Auk
123(1):1-15.

http://www.aou.org/persp1231.pdf