At 08:20 AM 4/29/2005 -0500, Joyce Family wrote: >According to NPR, it was a kayaker who had the first sighting of this rare >bird, whose survival after a 60 year gap is apparently a major story among >ornithologists and birders. Take some credit, paddlers, and keep your eyes >peeled! There is a lot going on related to the Ivory Billed Woodpecker here as ornithologists from Cornell were in involved in validating the sighting. The original by the kayaker (one sight mentioned a canoe) actually occurred in February, 2004. The ornithology center at Cornell is a wonderful facility in an area called Sapsucker woods and has been showing video of the woodpecker on a large screen continuously since the announcement. The Ornithology center has one of the most comprehensive web sites on the topic in the world at: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/. Not surprisingly, the Ivory Billed Woodpecker is the "featured bird" at the moment. While we all have our own reasons for paddling, paddle craft are unsurpassed for viewing wildlife and a lot of paddlers include bird watching during their outings. On a couple of occasions I've spent a couple of days in Chincoteague on the way to a longer vacation in the outer banks and unknowingly was there during the annual bird migration festival held there every spring. The time also coincides with the last week before mosquito season so if there are any paddlers that also really enjoy bird watching it's a good destination and time of year to go. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Apr 29 2005 - 07:57:21 PDT
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