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> >From: Janet Millenson <>
> >Date: Thu Mar 16 16:57:54 CST 2006
> >To: 
> >Subject: [MDOSPREY] Sibley doubts Ivory-bill
>
> >Uh-oh, now David Sibley is challenging the Ivory-billed Woodpecker
> >identification. According to today's New York Times [snip]
>

>By the way, has anyone else been following the notes of the birder in the 
>Pearl River Basin who claims to have found Ivory-bills?  His evidence 
>includes a video as hard to interpret as Luneau’s (though look at the wing 
>beats - both in the Luneau and this other video, they seem to fast for a 
>pileated - a point made with respect to the Luneau video this morning on 
>NPR by Fitzgerald).  Here’s a link:  http://www.fishcrow.com/winter06.html.
>
>Tom Stock
>Silver Spring, Md.
>altomomatic at verizon dot net


Hi all  I can not tell anything  from that video   other than its a 
woodpecker of some kind . Launeau's video was better than this .      I  
like to think they are still around  but  waiting for  all  evidence to come 
in . I will also say this if is a hoax  it its a well thought out and has a 
lot  of  help from lot of people . thanks  Tom for sharing that .       
Changing the subject all together   Birds seen here at work today 3 - 17 - 
06    at the Wye Research  Center near   Queenstown


Canada Geese       30       headed north this morning
Eastern    Bluebirds      several      singing     males
Osprey     2 at the nest

latter in the afternoon  heard an eagle  overhead .  looked up in time to 
see 2 adult  Bald Eagles  being   rushed at  by an  Osprey too close to the 
osprey nesting site.


Happy    Birding
Danny Poet
Qieenstown  ,  Md