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Faryn Balyncd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-20-10 05:21 PM
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A Close Encounter With the Rarest Bird



Newfound negatives provide fresh views of the young ivory-billed woodpecker






http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/A-Close-Encounter-With-the-Rarest-Bird.html

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/multimedia/photos/?articleID=100463289&c=y
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-20-10 05:44 PM
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1. GREAT pics!!!
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slampoet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-20-10 06:19 PM
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2. Isn't this the greatest looking bird ever?
Edited on Fri Aug-20-10 06:24 PM by slampoet
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Whisp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-20-10 06:49 PM
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4. this is Woody Woodpecker
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Viva_La_Revolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-21-10 01:07 PM
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8. actually Woody was an acorn woodpecker.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody_Woodpecker

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory-billed_Woodpecker
the Ivory bill was thought to be extinct for the last 30 years. how cool.
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nashville_brook Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-20-10 06:48 PM
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3. this is like seeing the Holy Grail, or the Arc of the Covenant. holy shit.
giant bird geek. i resisted it for YEARS. then i finally gave in, and i'm all in. we go out every weekend.



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eppur_se_muova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-21-10 12:46 AM
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5. Book rec ... "The Race to Save the Lord God Bird"
http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=74-9780374361730-0
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MilesColtrane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-21-10 01:01 AM
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6. Ha ha ha HAAAH ha!
Glad these boids are still around kicking in Arkansas.
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shireen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-21-10 02:56 AM
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7. wow!
thanks for posting it!
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-21-10 01:13 PM
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9. That looks Daguerreoshopped to me.
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