I also thought of the ivory billed woodpecker.
Thought the same when I saw the headline.
Be nice if this dopey writer would tell us why this particular beast went extinct.
There’s been enough sightings and audio evidence of Ivory Billed Woodpeckers in the 00’s and more recently that I believe it’s quite possible and indeed probable they are not extinct.
Of course, people overwhelm any area that are reported to be just to get a sighting.
A few years ago when we were out doing our monitoring, a Swallow-tailed Kite showed up, a vagrant in these parts. People ended up trespassing on a farmer’s land, and damaged some of his crops to see the Kite. He was furious and told them to get off his property and don’t come back.