I am just becoming educated about this bird. Tonight I heard a kent call and had my wife who has never heard an IBWP before. After we both heard it, I played the 1934 recording and she agreed we heard something very similar.
I saw an Ivory Bill on October 11th 2022,in Splendora Texas just west of the east fork of the San Jacinto River. Heard an unusual knocking sound and saw a massive woodpecker on an old white oak. It was an Ivory Bill. No doubt.
We lived on the Calcasieu River near Kinder, La for over 10 years after Hurricane Rita in 2005. One morning I heard a loud unusual sound outside my window. I knew it was a bird sound but this was a call like I had never heard... Since the camp is 12-13 feet off ground, I have great views into the trees that surround the camp. This is the bird I saw! No doubt about it. I had never seen this kind before. The large bird stayed around my camp for about 15-20 minutes, flying from tree to tree, digging in trees for insects. I followed him to 4 different windows as I watched him. My hobby was photography and I focused on all the birds around the camp, cardinals, hawks, bluebirds, hummers. HOWEVER-on this particular day, to my dismay, I had left my camera in our truck from day before, and the truck was now with my hubby, 40 miles away. I enjoyed the moments I had observing this awesome bird, but I so regret not being able to film him! To date, I have never been blessed by another visit. But I have my camera with me at all times just in case...
Just found this channel for the first time and was listening to this podcast.. I was excited to hear that you are centrally located in Johnson City. I am just outside the area in Morristown so I was excited to hear that Jim Tanner was a teacher at ETSU. Never knew that!
When I was a kid, I'd go squirrel hunting with my dad in the deep swamp along bayou Queue de Tortue. I saw a bunch of large woodpeckers high up in some old half dead cypress trees. Some of them appeared to have black crests, and some had red crests, When they noticed me even from quite a distance, they all scooted behind the tree trunk, and would occasionally peek around the edge at me -- very shy birds -- and very noisy. I believed them to be Piliated, as I had read an article in Louisiana Conservationist about woodpeckers and knew that Ivory-bills were very rare.
What an EXCELLENT Bird Talk show! I thoroughly enjoyed this week’s discussion. Thanks for bringing on Matt and helping open our eyes to the facts of the existence of the IBW!
Charleston Fossil Adventures Thanks for watching and commenting! Regardless of 'feelings' science dictates a non-change to the endangered status of the IBWO!
I'm pretty sure I saw one. Seminole Florida, 1992. It was in my back yard and was a WOW bird. It was big, and I clearly saw the white markings on it's back, black feathers and red head. I am not a bird expert so while it was in my backyard I looked it up in a book. I considered whether there was anyone I could call and report it. I watched it for at least an hour. But I never saw it again. I hope it was one. I'd be sad if they are lost. HUGS
I am sure I have seen the ivory bill several times in Pearl River County Ms. Around the Hobolochita Creek. I fish a lot and have never had my phone ready to capture it. But God willing one day I will and the matter will be settled.
Interesting is that I think the Ivory billed is (or was) far more adaptable than people think. For example, the Pileated supposedly eats carpenter ants almost exclusively (but also is known to eat suet at bird feeders). But when I was a kid I found out that they absolutely luxuriate on mulberries. My yard as a kid back in Indiana had lots of mulberry trees and I counted 34 different species of birds that came and ate them every summer. Among them was a male Pileated that would fly about a half mile from our back acreage of woods to come and eat the mulberries. It did so for at least three years. Maybe it died because after a while is stopped coming. All local species of woodpeckers came to our mulberries, Red Bellied, Red Headed, Flicker, Hairy and Downy. Plus the aforementioned big guy!! And a whole bunch of other species but unfortunately Starlings too. The disgusting Starlings (invasive species) would gobble up more than any of the others, which I found tragic. Robins ate tons too but that was okay. But getting back to the mulberry eating Pileated, I wrote Cornell an email about that years later and they practically did not believe they ate mulberries!! So my point is birds will eat a lot more types of things than most folks reckon.
For the past two years, I have watched a pair of red-bellied woodpecker raise young. And when the babies fledge, they are just adorable! I’ve fallen in love with woodpeckers now. I’m in Kentucky, which is Ivory billed territory.
I’ve been looking for ever and giving up hope..but learning that Kentucky is Ivory Billed territory immediately sent chills up my body, I have so much more motivation! Thank you! : ]
I have Pilates woodpeckers in my swamp area on my property, coastal p,aims of southeastern North Carolina. I sure wish I’d see the Ivory Bill one day but even the pillared give me quite a thrill.
I saw one 20 years ago while camping in PA near the southern border. It landed on the side of a tree stump less than 10 feet from me. It was huge, and the white triangle on its back was impossible to miss. Its tail was touching the ground and it's beak was up over the top of the stump. I knew nothing about them and I thought it was just a really big Pileated. It was weeks later that I was looking at my mother's "Field guide to birds of North America" when I realized what I saw.
@@markr.1984 I'd be willing to accept it was a Pileated with Leucistic traits if that's possible. But I know what I saw. The area I saw it in was old growth forest near a lake. I've seen other videos of research that shows historic sightings well into the NE US. Many species of birds are seen well outside their normal range, even across oceans. American Robins have been spotted in England.
Great conversation very informative and interesting. Hopefully they can use trail cams to identify they still exsist if able to traverse thier habitat. Beautiful bird for sure, Good luck!
I have a question does the pleated woodpecker double knock. The reason I asked is a huge woodpecker that stays in the woods that I live in it's only here in the fall through the winter,
I have a pair of ivory bill in my attic on the hunting farm it was the old loft area we no longer use and she pecked her way in under the soffit....we only see them in the fall we ID the birds 5 years ago and kept it quiet we don't want a bunch of people coming round and disturbing them but rest assured they exist in AR.
I'm a believer that there still is several mating pairs of IBWP on continental America . There is supposed to be a small population in Cuba as well , I still think there is hope !
I have personally seen this Bird twice. First time i was about 15 years old. I remember the size and the beautiful white striping down its neck and body. This was in Iberia Parish . Second time was at Toledo Bend resevoir about 50 years later. Twice in my life. The bird was on the base of a tree about 3 ft up , made its way around the tree and flew off to other trees .
I love what Matt is doing. That said, I wish he could get his collective thoughts together in a more organized manner. For those of us with knowledge of the bird, he's preaching to the choir. But anyone tuning in with very little knowledge of the bird, he's all over the place. And I fear those people will be lost. Perhaps an associate and him can get together and put a framework or outline together to keep things on track to keep the interest of novices. An example was at the beginning describing the flight path. On target for sure. But with the thousands of people who think they've seen an Ivory Bill in a Pileated, it would have been better to go into the white patterns then explain that it's unlikely you're seeing an Ivory Bill in your local park or in your yard. For me, the talk was great. But as I said, I fear new meat would have lost interest quickly.
Willswalkingwest Thanks for watching and commenting! I am not sure how Matt can do all that he does and remain so organized - your point is not lost and I agree RUclips Creators in general are broader rather than deeper.
You need to set up thousands of trail cameras up. Have one thousand in each state in all the remote areas. In Texas Alabama Louisiana Kentucky Florida. I believe if someone did that and it was still out there you would get your answer
@@DanielHHurt I wish Daniel. Just my memories. Although while in LA we did have Cornell come down with some ARUs and got excellent sonogram matches. Most of them better than what they found in Arkansas. At least thst is what they told us.
Thank you for this presentation! I’m researching WWIi, 1942-1945 Rohwer Concentration Camp and the other Japanese American concentration camps housing 120,000 people against their will. I love the lore of the Lord God Bird. What a travesty that greed and propaganda conspire to take away such a beautiful bird in America the land of …with liberty and freedom for all (including all of God’s creatures.)❤
I suspect that I saw one in the Homolochitto National forest in Mississippi. It flew very fast over me and landed on the side of a tree 75 to 100 yards from me and when it did I saw very large patches of white on the wings but it immediately went to the other side of the tree but I heard hammering that was the same as Ivory Billed recordings I've heard.
To: Bird Garden, I noticed on your shield there is a Red - Headed Woodpecker. I have my subscribed issue with a Red Headed Woodpecker on the cover. The RHWP was a "spark bird" for me at age 5 going on 6 as one of my earliest memories. I will never for get it as long as I live and that was 70 years ago. Please give more info. on the RHWP. We are losing this most interesting and beautiful species because of our historical mistakes in recent history. I documented this research from 2006 to 2016 in West Tennessee on my farm. Thank You, Daniel
Out the curiosity are you trying to prove that the ivory billed woodpecker still exists only in north America? Cause they were also said to live in Cuba and the last known sighting was in 1987 way more recent then the ones in north America
Melissa Castro Thanks for watching and commenting! We are trying to share how much fun bird watching can be, including amazing topics like the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Ivory-billed Woodpecker sightings continue to occur in the United States according to comments made in this video and by viewers.
I’ve seen them out here in SE TEXAS in the early 2000 a pair use to come to our tree every single morning I lived close to the bayou and people say they are deep in the bayou it’s parts of the marsh that only a few people go to or has been Pleasure Island out here in Port Arthur the back part leading towards the bayou is places people just don’t visit I would bet they are some out there
Andrew Futrell Thanks for watching and commenting! Systematic data consolidation and emergent technology are incorporated by private search efforts. Federally funded agencies managing the bulk of habitat and supporting entities do not seem to be engaged in the effort to document the existence of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker.
Experts, "We believe that the Ivory bill is extinct, but if you happen to come across one ya mind shooting it and kill it so we can take a gander if they're extinct or not?" Any sane person, "Well sir, in me doing so I belive would make the Ivory bill even more extinct!"
I heard and saw an ivory-billed woodpecker in the summer of 2018. It was in a woodlot next to a lake at Johnny Henderson Park which is located north of Enterprise, Alabama.
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@@BirdGardenChannel How bout a clear and current video 2020 or sooner. Hopefully by the U.S. Fish and game who should be conducting dragnet approach to getting to the bottom of it. Honestly they have failed to do their job.
@John Shackelford Thanks for watching and commenting! That is an excellent starting point - you have inspired me to compile available evidence compiled since 2020. We do not know to what pressure the USFW is reacting by calling for a declaration of extinction. We do know that the service has been made aware of modern effort and evidence to consider in their decisions regarding the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. In the mean time, those that have seen the IBWO in recent history are finding a difficult audience to present their findings. How can we encourage positive identification with evidence, perhaps proof, to come forward?
This fellow isn't telling the truth about virgin forest in the South all being cut by 1944 during ww2. Not saying he is lying on purpose, he could be mistaken. I don't know why people continue to say this information about virgin forests in the south. I'm in the Forest world and South Carolina has a lot of untouched private timber. Georgia doesn't have as much but still a good bit. NC, Mississippi has a decent amount. I know there is miles and miles of privately owned river land in SC that's just magnificent. One family has close to 5000acres I've walked and taking samples from multiple times. To me it would be prime land for the bird. Very difficult to travel through though.
Robert Korn Thanks for watching and commenting! Your feedback is appreciated although no shame is accepted here as more than enough modern evidence is compiled to yield a life sentence from a jury of the average man of law.
I saw a dart like flight pattern of a woodpecker duck looking flight smaller than a cormorant near marsh inlet suburabn wetland protected NYC ( lemon Creek) where we get every type of migratory bird - and where I heard the ivory bill horse back riding in clay pit ponds state partly preserve in the early 90s. It does exist
New York is not part of the woodpecker’s range. It is even more unlikely for this already exceedingly rare (if alive) bird to be seen as a vagrant this far from its historic range in a suburban area.
@@BirdGardenChannel Not really. There is zero evidence. We would need verifiable sightings, high quality video and sound recording, with a possible DNA sample from droppings or a feather.
I believe that I saw a pair of these near the Rifle river on some stateland while I sat in the woods on opening day morning. I truly believe a pair of these walked right near me, but they disappeared quickly when they noticed me. However, when they were walking, they looked heavy like a giant chicken.... bigger than a chicken, but they had long beaks that they kinda tucked when they walked. The photographs of the extinct birds don't look right. They do not point their beak straight out in front of them when they walked. They held their heads with the beaks pointed down towards the ground. Kinda tucked up against their breast. The habitat was near the Rifle river, it was a hilly area with many tributaries snaking all throughout the area. Dang near e'rybody has a crick, a stream, or a river, or some type of tributary snaking through their properties. There's also several plots of stateland in the area. I spotted them on stateland. So, if someone wanted to go look for them. It wouldn't be a difficult area to research because you won't need permission from any private landowners right away. You can set up your trail cams on the stateland, and then if you do see them, you can proceed to speak with the locals and get permissions. I have also heard people over the years, from the upper peninsula (Michigan) who speak about GIANT WOODPECKERS that they compare to terra dactyls because of their Giant sizes, and their terrifying laugh. I know. Everyone who knows about woodpeckers say that they don't exist in Michigan, BUT THEY DO!!! BUT NOBODY IS LOOKING FOR THEM! I am not telling a big fish story. I saw a pair of Giant Chicken Birds with long unusually skinny pointy woodpecker beaks and big red heads with black and white feathers. Looked like Bird Royalty walking through the forest. It was ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!! AND they were walking together. I will never forget the shockingly bright red head and the long funny looking beak. I never seen anything like it before or since, but I will never forget it. I just wish someone would take me seriously and give it a look see! Couldn't hurt. Talk to the locals. They know what's in there woods around there. They actually go out into them regular like..
Sarah Conner Thanks for watching and commenting! These birds are not known for "walking" so I am not aware of a posture they present when walking. Being roughly crow sized I would say they are smaller than a chicken.
@@BirdGardenChannelapproximately 19 to 20 inches The Ivory-billed woodpecker has an overall length of approximately 19 to 20 inches (48 to 51 centimeters), an estimated wingspan of 30 to 31 inches (76 to 80 cm). From beak to tail, an American crow measures 40-50 cm (16-20 in), almost half of which is tail. Chickens have a squat and rounded appearance. They stand less than 70 cm (27.6 inches) tall and weigh approximately 2.6 kg (5.7 pounds) on average.May 18, 2023 The large wings make it look like a chicken size
Your guest is more delusional and incompetent than distinguished and intellectual. He's nothing more than a crackpot trying to get attention for seeing an extinct bird. He might as well be taking high-tech equipment in search of Bigfoot. The only difference is that Bigfoot never did.
What a cheery soul you are. It is impossible to categorically prove that a species is extinct. It is possible to prove a species still exists though, so why not err on the side of optimism and hope?
Excellent presentation. I have been subscribed to Matt's Mission Ivorybill and appreciated learning about his background and extensive insights into this topic. As I live in prime woodpecker habitat, I respectfully disagree that the Pileated woodpecker flies in a manner similar to a butterfly. Perhaps in the woods, at times, but I have observed two overhead flights this summer, in an open field, and their manner was straight and level, as one followed another. I have not, sadly, seen any butterflies, unless you count cabbage moths. 🪶
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Great job Matt. I was one of those in your class when you were a young kid.
Had two Pileated Woodpeckers in my yard yesterday evening. I was like Rambo with the binoculars looking for that white stripe. I believe.
Paul Maher Thanks for watching and commenting! One day..... forever hopeful!
Awsome video fellas!
I am just becoming educated about this bird. Tonight I heard a kent call and had my wife who has never heard an IBWP before. After we both heard it, I played the 1934 recording and she agreed we heard something very similar.
Jim Walker Thanks for sharing that here! Keep us updated of additional reports please.
I saw an Ivory Bill on October 11th 2022,in Splendora Texas just west of the east fork of the San Jacinto River.
Heard an unusual knocking sound and saw a massive woodpecker on an old white oak. It was an Ivory Bill. No doubt.
We lived on the Calcasieu River near Kinder, La for over 10 years after Hurricane Rita in 2005. One morning I heard a loud unusual sound outside my window. I knew it was a bird sound but this was a call like I had never heard... Since the camp is 12-13 feet off ground, I have great views into the trees that surround the camp. This is the bird I saw! No doubt about it. I had never seen this kind before. The large bird stayed around my camp for about 15-20 minutes, flying from tree to tree, digging in trees for insects. I followed him to 4 different windows as I watched him. My hobby was photography and I focused on all the birds around the camp, cardinals, hawks, bluebirds, hummers. HOWEVER-on this particular day, to my dismay, I had left my camera in our truck from day before, and the truck was now with my hubby, 40 miles away. I enjoyed the moments I had observing this awesome bird, but I so regret not being able to film him! To date, I have never been blessed by another visit. But I have my camera with me at all times just in case...
RENDA MOYER I love to hear about encounters - thanks for sharing here!
Great discussion!! I've always been a firm believer that the wonderful Grail Bird still exists. Thanks for the great information.
Just found this channel for the first time and was listening to this podcast.. I was excited to hear that you are centrally located in Johnson City. I am just outside the area in Morristown so I was excited to hear that Jim Tanner was a teacher at ETSU. Never knew that!
When I was a kid, I'd go squirrel hunting with my dad in the deep swamp along bayou Queue de Tortue. I saw a bunch of large woodpeckers high up in some old half dead cypress trees. Some of them appeared to have black crests, and some had red crests, When they noticed me even from quite a distance, they all scooted behind the tree trunk, and would occasionally peek around the edge at me -- very shy birds -- and very noisy. I believed them to be Piliated, as I had read an article in Louisiana Conservationist about woodpeckers and knew that Ivory-bills were very rare.
What an EXCELLENT Bird Talk show! I thoroughly enjoyed this week’s discussion. Thanks for bringing on Matt and helping open our eyes to the facts of the existence of the IBW!
Charleston Fossil Adventures Thanks for watching and commenting! Regardless of 'feelings' science dictates a non-change to the endangered status of the IBWO!
I'm pretty sure I saw one. Seminole Florida, 1992. It was in my back yard and was a WOW bird. It was big, and I clearly saw the white markings on it's back, black feathers and red head. I am not a bird expert so while it was in my backyard I looked it up in a book. I considered whether there was anyone I could call and report it. I watched it for at least an hour. But I never saw it again. I hope it was one. I'd be sad if they are lost. HUGS
I am sure I have seen the ivory bill several times in Pearl River County Ms. Around the Hobolochita Creek. I fish a lot and have never had my phone ready to capture it. But God willing one day I will and the matter will be settled.
Interesting is that I think the Ivory billed is (or was) far more adaptable than people think. For example, the Pileated supposedly eats carpenter ants almost exclusively (but also is known to eat suet at bird feeders). But when I was a kid I found out that they absolutely luxuriate on mulberries. My yard as a kid back in Indiana had lots of mulberry trees and I counted 34 different species of birds that came and ate them every summer. Among them was a male Pileated that would fly about a half mile from our back acreage of woods to come and eat the mulberries. It did so for at least three years. Maybe it died because after a while is stopped coming. All local species of woodpeckers came to our mulberries, Red Bellied, Red Headed, Flicker, Hairy and Downy. Plus the aforementioned big guy!! And a whole bunch of other species but unfortunately Starlings too. The disgusting Starlings (invasive species) would gobble up more than any of the others, which I found tragic. Robins ate tons too but that was okay. But getting back to the mulberry eating Pileated, I wrote Cornell an email about that years later and they practically did not believe they ate mulberries!! So my point is birds will eat a lot more types of things than most folks reckon.
A lot of woodpeckers eat grapes too.
For the past two years, I have watched a pair of red-bellied woodpecker raise young. And when the babies fledge, they are just adorable! I’ve fallen in love with woodpeckers now. I’m in Kentucky, which is Ivory billed territory.
I’ve been looking for ever and giving up hope..but learning that Kentucky is Ivory Billed territory immediately sent chills up my body, I have so much more motivation! Thank you! : ]
Saw my first peleaded wood pecker today. In chicago area. There were two. Really big may never see anouther one again. .
Great discussion! Enjoyed every minute of it. Thank you both.
Daniel Velez Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed the show!
Awesome video. Thanks guys.
Neil Haycraft Thanks for watching and the compliment!
Hi Dear Friends! Thank you so much for sharing. 🙏👍23
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I have Pilates woodpeckers in my swamp area on my property, coastal p,aims of southeastern North Carolina. I sure wish I’d see the Ivory Bill one day but even the pillared give me quite a thrill.
I saw one 20 years ago while camping in PA near the southern border. It landed on the side of a tree stump less than 10 feet from me. It was huge, and the white triangle on its back was impossible to miss. Its tail was touching the ground and it's beak was up over the top of the stump. I knew nothing about them and I thought it was just a really big Pileated. It was weeks later that I was looking at my mother's "Field guide to birds of North America" when I realized what I saw.
Would not be found in PA, that's a stretch.
@@markr.1984 I'd be willing to accept it was a Pileated with Leucistic traits if that's possible. But I know what I saw. The area I saw it in was old growth forest near a lake. I've seen other videos of research that shows historic sightings well into the NE US. Many species of birds are seen well outside their normal range, even across oceans. American Robins have been spotted in England.
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Great conversation very informative and interesting. Hopefully they can use trail cams to identify they still exsist if able to traverse thier habitat. Beautiful bird for sure, Good luck!
Saw two pleated wood peckers yesterdays first thought they were hawks. Very bigs
Wonderful talk with a very knowledgeable guest. Wish I could join the hunt.
Jennifer Weaver Thanks for watching and commenting! I'm sure Matt would love have you join the hunt!
Execelent video
Yesid Tac Thank you!
I have a question does the pleated woodpecker double knock. The reason I asked is a huge woodpecker that stays in the woods that I live in it's only here in the fall through the winter,
I saw what I believe was an ivory bill Woodpecker in Arkansas back in 1994. It was the largest Woodpecker I've ever seen.
I have a pair of ivory bill in my attic on the hunting farm it was the old loft area we no longer use and she pecked her way in under the soffit....we only see them in the fall we ID the birds 5 years ago and kept it quiet we don't want a bunch of people coming round and disturbing them but rest assured they exist in AR.
They dont nest in the same place twice.
I'm a believer that there still is several mating pairs of IBWP on continental America . There is supposed to be a small population in Cuba as well , I still think there is hope !
Very interesting.Really enjoyed it.I am new to this channel.
Charles Lindley Thanks for watching and I hope you will this channel often!
I have personally seen this Bird twice. First time i was about 15 years old. I remember the size and the beautiful white striping down its neck and body. This was in Iberia Parish . Second time was at Toledo Bend resevoir about 50 years later. Twice in my life. The bird was on the base of a tree about 3 ft up , made its way around the tree and flew off to other trees .
I love what Matt is doing. That said, I wish he could get his collective thoughts together in a more organized manner.
For those of us with knowledge of the bird, he's preaching to the choir.
But anyone tuning in with very little knowledge of the bird, he's all over the place. And I fear those people will be lost.
Perhaps an associate and him can get together and put a framework or outline together to keep things on track to keep the interest of novices.
An example was at the beginning describing the flight path. On target for sure.
But with the thousands of people who think they've seen an Ivory Bill in a Pileated, it would have been better to go into the white patterns then explain that it's unlikely you're seeing an Ivory Bill in your local park or in your yard.
For me, the talk was great.
But as I said, I fear new meat would have lost interest quickly.
Willswalkingwest Thanks for watching and commenting! I am not sure how Matt can do all that he does and remain so organized - your point is not lost and I agree RUclips Creators in general are broader rather than deeper.
You need to set up thousands of trail cameras up. Have one thousand in each state in all the remote areas. In Texas Alabama Louisiana Kentucky Florida. I believe if someone did that and it was still out there you would get your answer
How bout good ole Arkansas
Aww, did I miss the live show again!? Dang work! 😆
Gypsy Rhodes Thanks for watching! This was a pre-recorded interview due to scheduling needs, we'll be live again next week!
I'm very hopeful that the ivory bil is still alive.
Great video Bird Garden. I could listen to Matt talk all day long. Seen a IBWO in 2006 in S LA and heard one in 2008 in S FL.
Mike B-box Thanks for watching and commenting! I appreciate you sharing your encounter here!
Mike, Any evidence ( photos, videos, sound recordings, etc.,), on those sightings? Daniel
@@DanielHHurt I wish Daniel. Just my memories. Although while in LA we did have Cornell come down with some ARUs and got excellent sonogram matches. Most of them better than what they found in Arkansas. At least thst is what they told us.
Thank you for this presentation! I’m researching WWIi, 1942-1945 Rohwer Concentration Camp and the other Japanese American concentration camps housing 120,000 people against their will. I love the lore of the Lord God Bird. What a travesty that greed and propaganda conspire to take away such a beautiful bird in America the land of …with liberty and freedom for all (including all of God’s creatures.)❤
I suspect that I saw one in the Homolochitto National forest in Mississippi. It flew very fast over me and landed on the side of a tree 75 to 100 yards from me and when it did I saw very large patches of white on the wings but it immediately went to the other side of the tree but I heard hammering that was the same as Ivory Billed recordings I've heard.
Ross Langdon Thanks for watching and commenting! That is very interesting, I appreciate you sharing your encounter.
To: Bird Garden, I noticed on your shield there is a Red - Headed Woodpecker. I have my subscribed issue with a Red Headed Woodpecker on the cover. The RHWP was a "spark bird" for me at age 5 going on 6 as one of my earliest memories. I will never for get it as long as I live and that was 70 years ago. Please give more info. on the RHWP. We are losing this most interesting and beautiful species because of our historical mistakes in recent history. I documented this research from 2006 to 2016 in West Tennessee on my farm. Thank You, Daniel
Didn't these birds originally range as far north as the lower Ohio Valley?
Out the curiosity are you trying to prove that the ivory billed woodpecker still exists only in north America? Cause they were also said to live in Cuba and the last known sighting was in 1987 way more recent then the ones in north America
Melissa Castro Thanks for watching and commenting! We are trying to share how much fun bird watching can be, including amazing topics like the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Ivory-billed Woodpecker sightings continue to occur in the United States according to comments made in this video and by viewers.
I’ve seen them out here in SE TEXAS in the early 2000 a pair use to come to our tree every single morning I lived close to the bayou and people say they are deep in the bayou it’s parts of the marsh that only a few people go to or has been Pleasure Island out here in Port Arthur the back part leading towards the bayou is places people just don’t visit I would bet they are some out there
I want to believe but I've never seen defiante proof vids & photos are always blurry!!
Have you used Site Suitability Analysis using Geographic Information Systems to focus search efforts?
Andrew Futrell Thanks for watching and commenting! Systematic data consolidation and emergent technology are incorporated by private search efforts. Federally funded agencies managing the bulk of habitat and supporting entities do not seem to be engaged in the effort to document the existence of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker.
Experts, "We believe that the Ivory bill is extinct, but if you happen to come across one ya mind shooting it and kill it so we can take a gander if they're extinct or not?" Any sane person, "Well sir, in me doing so I belive would make the Ivory bill even more extinct!"
I heard and saw an ivory-billed woodpecker in the summer of 2018. It was in a woodlot next to a lake at Johnny Henderson Park which is located north of Enterprise, Alabama.
Nathan Webb Thanks for watching and commenting! I appreciate you sharing your account here!
No photo/video footage. No proof yet.
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Please show verified proof.
@@blu3savag355 Thanks for watching and commenting! Please share your requirements for both verified and proof so I can better supply your request.
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How bout a clear and current video 2020 or sooner. Hopefully by the U.S. Fish and game who should be conducting dragnet approach to getting to the bottom of it. Honestly they have failed to do their job.
@John Shackelford Thanks for watching and commenting! That is an excellent starting point - you have inspired me to compile available evidence compiled since 2020. We do not know to what pressure the USFW is reacting by calling for a declaration of extinction. We do know that the service has been made aware of modern effort and evidence to consider in their decisions regarding the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. In the mean time, those that have seen the IBWO in recent history are finding a difficult audience to present their findings. How can we encourage positive identification with evidence, perhaps proof, to come forward?
Ivory-Billed Woodpecker -- If you've seen one you've seen them all. Daniel
Scientists are far too skeptical, in my opinion, about a great many things. Skepticism has become a religion for them.
This fellow isn't telling the truth about virgin forest in the South all being cut by 1944 during ww2. Not saying he is lying on purpose, he could be mistaken. I don't know why people continue to say this information about virgin forests in the south. I'm in the Forest world and South Carolina has a lot of untouched private timber. Georgia doesn't have as much but still a good bit. NC, Mississippi has a decent amount. I know there is miles and miles of privately owned river land in SC that's just magnificent. One family has close to 5000acres I've walked and taking samples from multiple times. To me it would be prime land for the bird. Very difficult to travel through though.
I found this video while researching American citizens imprisoned at Rohwer Concentration Camp in Arkansas during WWII in 1942-1945
All wishful thinking, without any photographic evidence these will never be anything more that fables. Shame on you for your clickbait title.
Robert Korn Thanks for watching and commenting! Your feedback is appreciated although no shame is accepted here as more than enough modern evidence is compiled to yield a life sentence from a jury of the average man of law.
I saw a dart like flight pattern of a woodpecker duck looking flight smaller than a cormorant near marsh inlet suburabn wetland protected NYC ( lemon Creek) where we get every type of migratory bird - and where I heard the ivory bill horse back riding in clay pit ponds state partly preserve in the early 90s. It does exist
J A Thaks for watching and commenting! I appreciate you sharing your account here!
New York is not part of the woodpecker’s range. It is even more unlikely for this already exceedingly rare (if alive) bird to be seen as a vagrant this far from its historic range in a suburban area.
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Zero evidence so far.
@andylane247 Thanks for watching and commenting! Can you expand on your comment?
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Not really. There is zero evidence. We would need verifiable sightings, high quality video and sound recording, with a possible DNA sample from droppings or a feather.
I believe that I saw a pair of these near the Rifle river on some stateland while I sat in the woods on opening day morning. I truly believe a pair of these walked right near me, but they disappeared quickly when they noticed me. However, when they were walking, they looked heavy like a giant chicken.... bigger than a chicken, but they had long beaks that they kinda tucked when they walked. The photographs of the extinct birds don't look right. They do not point their beak straight out in front of them when they walked. They held their heads with the beaks pointed down towards the ground. Kinda tucked up against their breast.
The habitat was near the Rifle river, it was a hilly area with many tributaries snaking all throughout the area. Dang near e'rybody has a crick, a stream, or a river, or some type of tributary snaking through their properties. There's also several plots of stateland in the area. I spotted them on stateland. So, if someone wanted to go look for them. It wouldn't be a difficult area to research because you won't need permission from any private landowners right away. You can set up your trail cams on the stateland, and then if you do see them, you can proceed to speak with the locals and get permissions. I have also heard people over the years, from the upper peninsula (Michigan) who speak about GIANT WOODPECKERS that they compare to terra dactyls because of their Giant sizes, and their terrifying laugh.
I know. Everyone who knows about woodpeckers say that they don't exist in Michigan, BUT THEY DO!!! BUT NOBODY IS LOOKING FOR THEM!
I am not telling a big fish story. I saw a pair of Giant Chicken Birds with long unusually skinny pointy woodpecker beaks and big red heads with black and white feathers. Looked like Bird Royalty walking through the forest. It was ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!! AND they were walking together. I will never forget the shockingly bright red head and the long funny looking beak. I never seen anything like it before or since, but I will never forget it. I just wish someone would take me seriously and give it a look see! Couldn't hurt. Talk to the locals. They know what's in there woods around there. They actually go out into them regular like..
Sarah Conner Thanks for watching and commenting! These birds are not known for "walking" so I am not aware of a posture they present when walking. Being roughly crow sized I would say they are smaller than a chicken.
I believe. ❤
@@BirdGardenChannelapproximately 19 to 20 inches
The Ivory-billed woodpecker has an overall length of approximately 19 to 20 inches (48 to 51 centimeters), an estimated wingspan of 30 to 31 inches (76 to 80 cm).
From beak to tail, an American crow measures 40-50 cm (16-20 in), almost half of which is tail.
Chickens have a squat and rounded appearance. They stand less than 70 cm (27.6 inches) tall and weigh approximately 2.6 kg (5.7 pounds) on average.May 18, 2023
The large wings make it look like a chicken size
If you dont believe me, go to the rifle river and see it for yourself. I will give you the map coordinates!
Those were Dodo birds. They're all over the Rifle River.
Lord God. The poor bird is gone. This guy might not be able to spell cat without a K and 2 t's.
Jim Longino Thanks for watching and commenting! My distinguished guest is one of the most intellectual to have appeared on the Bird Talk Show.
Your guest is more delusional and incompetent than distinguished and intellectual. He's nothing more than a crackpot trying to get attention for seeing an extinct bird. He might as well be taking high-tech equipment in search of Bigfoot. The only difference is that Bigfoot never did.
What a cheery soul you are. It is impossible to categorically prove that a species is extinct. It is possible to prove a species still exists though, so why not err on the side of optimism and hope?
I have a photographic memory...but I am out of film.
Excellent presentation. I have been subscribed to Matt's Mission Ivorybill and appreciated learning about his background and extensive insights into this topic. As I live in prime woodpecker habitat, I respectfully disagree that the Pileated woodpecker flies in a manner similar to a butterfly. Perhaps in the woods, at times, but I have observed two overhead flights this summer, in an open field, and their manner was straight and level, as one followed another. I have not, sadly, seen any butterflies, unless you count cabbage moths. 🪶
KrazedVintageModel Thanks for your thoughtful comment and for watching Bird Garden Channel!