Date: 4/1/26 10:31 am From: Samuel Schwartz <schwartzsamuel16...> Subject: Re: [IN-BIRD-L] rare sighting
It was dragging a Dodo under one wing and a ZQWG under the
other
On Wed, Apr 1, 2026dr at 1:21 PM Cathy Meyer <cathygotm...> wrote:
> April Fool’s!
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> Cathy Meyer
> Retired and Loving it!
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> On Wed, Apr 1, 2026 at 12:31 PM cellistharpsichordist <
> <in-bird-l...> wrote:
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>> 😆
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>> Sent from my Galaxy
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>> -------- 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
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>> 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.
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>> 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?
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>> 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
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