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Re: Florida Panhandle - Ivorybills Seen and Heard Many Times

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Gerald & Laura Tarbell

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Gerald & Laura Tarbell

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Tue, 26 Sep 2006 18:13:11 -0400

If you have read the article you will realize that $10,000 is being offered
to anyone who can obtain a picture of the IBWO.  Many, many kooks will race
down there and ruin whatever habitat is left in order to make an easy (they
will think) $10,000. I have emailed the agency in Arkansas about this crazy
idea and everyone else who cares about wildlife should too.

All,
    The first thing that struck me about the websites was all the wonderful
pictures these guys have of each other and none of the birds. Then they have
a page telling birders to stay away. They even say that if they see any
birders in their study area, they will ask them to leave. But yet they are
offering a reward for photos?! Sounds contradictory.
    The other thing that strikes me is that these guys seems to be keeping
Cornell and all the Arkansas gang at arm's length. Tim Gallagher spoke to us
just a few months ago and said nothing about this team and their search. Has
the rest of the scientific community been kept in the dark about this? The
great Jerome Jackson now teaches in Florida. You would think he'd be all
over this.
    Things that make you go HMMMM.
    Jerry Tarbell
     Carroll County