Ivory-bills in Florida won't stop the search in Arkansas
Arkansans should not be worried that the search for the ivory-billed woodpecker will leave the state and move to Florida after news that researchers there have seen and heard the elusive bird, wildlife officials say.
Ornithologists at Auburn University in Alabama and Windsor University in Ontario published a report Tuesday in Canada’s online journal Avian Conservation and Ecology, claiming the woodpecker may live along the Choctawhatchee River in the Florida panhandle.
The report came after researchers documented 14 sightings and extensive sound recordings of the bird after spending months in Florida’s northwestern swamps. However, they failed to capture a picture of the large woodpecker with the white bill that makes a distinct double rapping sound.
