On Wed, Apr 1, 2026 at 12:31 PM cellistharpsichordist <in-bird-l...>
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> From: "<zzedpowers...>" <in-bird-l...>
> Date: 4/1/26 12:23 PM (GMT-05:00)
> To: in-bird-l <in-bird-l...>
> Cc: Eva Webb <eva.webb...>, Natalie Collins <
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> Subject: [IN-BIRD-L] rare sighting
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> The April 1 research committee has finally agreed to release the sighting
> of an Ivory-billed Woodpecker at Fox Island. Fearing a chorus of
> "Interesting, if true" or even ruder objections, they solicited
> observations from several feeder watchers in the Vera Building. They agreed
> that the Ivory-bill was attracted to the suet feeder, and also liked
> sunflower seeds.
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> This resulted in much disagreement among Indiana Audubon's Rare Bird
> Committee. Surely this bird wasn't released from captivity! Or could
> there be an eccentric collector in Cuba who has raised a colony of
> Ivory-bills in secret for a century? And can you add an extinct bird to
> your life list? Or could this bird have been cloned, using DNA from a
> museum specimen?
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> Meanwhile Fox Island County Park has had to limit the number of birders
> allowed in. At $3 park admission, their parking lot has been full, and
> their budget has been greatly improved!
> Cynthia Powers
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