I had THOUGHT Sibley had withdrawn his objections, but, in fact, it was a
pair of
ornithologists who were BACKED by Sibley, who withdrew their objections.
All I
can say is, NONE of them were on the ground and no amount of nay-saying by
those
not present can gainsay the video and the recordings.
BTW, that second video, there's a BIRD in there?!?!?!?!
Kurt Schwarz
HowCo
goawaybird at comcast dot net
http://www.inventas.co.nz/50rarestbirds/ivory.htm#anchor2
Ivory-billed Woodpecker Challenge Withdrawn
It seems that ornithologists Richard O. Prum, of Yale, and Mark B. Robbins,
of the University of Kansas, and zoologist Jerome A. Jackson, of Florida
Gulf Coast University, have been swayed by audio evidence from many hours of
sound recordings in the Arkansas marshlands where the claimed rediscovery
was made. They have formally withdrawn the paper that had been submitted to
the Public Library of Science.
Ivory-billed Woodpecker Rediscovery Parade being Rained Upon
The Find Now Doubted
A seemingly authoritative group of skeptics have emerged and they are
marshalling their doubtful thoughts in readiness for publication in an as
yet unnamed scientific journal. The group includes ornithologists Richard O.
Prum, of Yale, and Mark B. Robbins, of the University of Kansas, and
zoologist Jerome A. Jackson, of Florida Gulf Coast University. The New York
Times reports that David Allen Sibley, the famous author of birders' field
guides, has lent his weight to the skeptics' argument. |