Search for Ivory Bill Woodpecker Continues

AP on Yahoo ^ | 12/18/05 | Caryn Rouuseau - ap

[NormsRevenge]

An ivory-billed woodpecker at nest is pictured in this undated colorized digital image. The ivory bill woodpecker was believed extinct for 60 years until a positive sighting in February 2004 in an Arkansas swamp. (Copyright Cornell Lab of Ornithology/Handout/Reuters)

[Termite_Commander]

All I had to do was a Google Image search. I found quite a few. What are these crazy people doing combing thousands of acres for?

PROOF

[MarineBrat]

When I saw "bill" and "pecker" in the same headline I misconstrued the meaning...

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

And he pecked and he pecked til his p*cker got sore.

[boomop1]

They can find the crooked pecker at the clintooon museum and massage parlor

[randog]

Should I tell these people that I accidentally shot the last ivory-billed woodpecker last year when I was hunting for ivory-billed sparrows, or should I let their fantasy play out?

[ditto h]

...you little pecker you.

[irish guard]

Do you know what a woodpecker eats with?

His pecker!!!

[sgtbono2002]

Ya know something Sara?

You and your nutty buds could volunteer at a hospital or nursing home and use your time to help humanity instead of looking for some bird that is probably minding its own business and doesnt want to be bothered by you anyway.

[Texas Eagle]

Did they look in and around Chappaqua, N.Y.?

Oh, wait. I thought they said Ivory Bill Peckerwood.

[FormerACLUmember]

An Alaskan woodpecker and a Texas woodpecker were in Alaska arguing about which state had the toughest trees to peck.

The Alaskan woodpecker said that they had a tree that no
woodpecker can peck. The Texas woodpecker challenged him
and was able to peck a hole in the tree with no problem.

The Alaskan woodpecker was in awe.

The Texas woodpecker challenged the Alaskan woodpecker to
peck a tree in Texas that no woodpecker had been able to
peck successfully.
The Alaskan woodpecker expressed much confidence that he
could do it. After flying to Texas and successfully pecking
the tree in Texas, the two woodpeckers couldn't
figure out why the Texas woodpecker was able to peck the Alaskan tree and the Alaskan woodpecker was able to peck
the Texan tree when neither one was able to peck the tree in his own state.

After thinking for some time they both came to the same
conclusion. Your pecker is always harder when you're away from home.

[Redleg Duke]

They taste like chicken!

[chickenlips]

Yeah, but with a little hickory taste.

[dakine]

A little harsh, eh?

[Ole Okie]

My attack parakeet named Pete and I both say these people are nuts.

My Jack Russell terrier named Buddy chases an extra Frisbee throw to indicate that he agrees with Pete and me.

My Beta fish named Fish takes an extra large mouthful of food to show how much he agrees with Pete, Buddy, and me.

These people are nuts by a vote of 4 - 0.

Sorry. If I spend the day covered in camouflage out amongst all sorts of snakes, lizards, mosquitoes, chiggers and who knows what else looking for a probably nonexistent ivory billed peckerwood, should I expect praise and devotion plus a clap on the back for my efforts?

If perchance these wildlife enthusiasts should get a clear picture of an ivory billed peckerwood, I suggest they turn their cameras to the sky to try to get the first clear picture of a UFO.

How do these peckerwood enthusiasts earn a living?

[Ole Okie]

Hey, that's Woody Woodpecker.

But it looks like Wile E. Coyote has some sort of contraption from the Acme firm trying to trap Woody. See the rope and weights and all near Woody?

[Texas Songwriter]

Should I tell these people that I accidentally shot the last ivory-billed woodpecker last year when I was hunting for ivory-billed sparrows, or should I let their fantasy play out?

What did he taste like?

[woofie]

I squashed one 4 years ago with a Studebaker...Is that considered a sighting?

[calex59]

As far as I remember no one has sighted an Ivory Bill, a guy made a recording he says is from an Ivory Billed WP and then showed a grainy picture of what he claimed was an Ivory Billed WP. I think it was another species that closely resembles an Ivory Billed WP and they are trying to stop logging in a specific area by claiming this woopecker is NOT extinct but simply extremely rare. Another example of greenies trying to BS the populace into doing what they(the greenies) want.