Posted on 02/22/2024 2:39:07 AM PST by Red Badger
The Yellow-crested Helmetshrike was ready for what might be its first-ever closeup - Matt Brady, University of Texas at El Paso
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No-one has seen the Yellow-crested Helmetshrike for about 20 years. That changed when researchers embarked on a six-week expedition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and captured the dramatic-looking yellow-topped bird in its first-known photo.
With nearly 70% of the planet's wildlife populations having declined since the 1970s, there are not often stories worth cheering for when it comes to global animal welfare. But a new find in the remote Itombwe Massif in the Congo is certainly good news for bird enthusiasts and other wildlife conservationists.
An expedition made to that region by a combination of University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) and Congolese researchers from the Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles stumbled upon the bird after hiking along a 75-mile course through the mountain where they were studying amphibians, reptiles, and birds. Even though the bird hasn't been seen in nearly two decades and has never been photographed, the team actually came upon a noisy group of them living in the midstory of the forest. They clocked a total of 18 birds at three sites during their expedition.
"It was a mind-blowing experience to come across these birds," said Michael Harvey, an ornithologist and UTEP assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences. "We knew they might be possible here, but I was not prepared for how spectacular and unique they would appear in life."
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Nice, but wake me up when they “find” Big Foot or Nessie.
Can’t find what doesn’t exist.....................
In the world hide and seek championships, the bird came in second place behind bigfoot.....
Now show us an Ivory Billed Woodpecker some say they have “seen” at a distance!
I read the other day that fully 73% of statistics are just made up on the fly.
Beautiful bird- Gotta find the Ivory Billed Woodpecker next- We have pilated woodpeckers- which are very similar, but the ivory bill is still ‘missing’ with tantalizing reports of folks seeign them from time to time perhaps- though they could be seeign and mistakign the pilated for it
Au contraire - the dems seem to have no problem "finding" ballots when they need them to steal an election.
the ballots exist ... the “voters” who allegedly “cast” those ballots don’t exist.
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