😆Sent from my Galaxy -------- Original message --------From: "<zzedpowers...>" <in-bird-l...> Date: 4/1/26 12:23 PM (GMT-05:00) To: in-bird-l <in-bird-l...> Cc: Eva Webb <eva.webb...>, Natalie Collins <natalie.haley...> Subject: [IN-BIRD-L] rare sighting The April 1 research committee has finally agreed to release the sighting of an Ivory-billed Woodpecker at Fox Island. Fearing a chorus of "Interesting, if true" or even ruder objections, they solicited observations from several feeder watchers in the Vera Building. They agreed that the Ivory-bill was attracted to the suet feeder, and also liked sunflower seeds.This resulted in much disagreement among Indiana Audubon's Rare Bird Committee. Surely this bird wasn't released from captivity! Or could there be an eccentric collector in Cuba who has raised a colony of Ivory-bills in secret for a century? And can you add an extinct bird to your life list? Or could this bird have been cloned, using DNA from a museum specimen?Meanwhile Fox Island County Park has had to limit the number of birders allowed in. At $3 park admission, their parking lot has been full, and their budget has been greatly improved!Cynthia Powers
