On May 21, 2005 Dr. Geoff Hill, ornithology professor at Auburn
University, and two research assistants took a kayak trip down
the Choctawhatchee River in the Florida panhandle in search of
the legendary Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Within hours they
spotted a large woodpecker with white on both the upper-
and underside of the trailing edge of the wings. Subsequent
double-knocks heard by the trio, large entrances found in tree
trunk cavities and bark scaled from recently dead trees
suggested that an Ivory-billed might exist in this mature
swamp forest. Members of Feather Link have participated
in the field work that Geoff and his staff are conducting and
have provided materials for video taping their continued
efforts. Please go to
http://www.auburn.edu/academic/science_math/cosam/departments/biology/faculty/webpages/hill/ivorybill/
to see Geoff’s full report and updates on this project.
