Talk:Ivory-billed Woodpecker
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that link does not work. Kingturtle 07:20 Apr 28, 2003 (UTC)
- Which link? I added [1] (http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2005/04/ivory-billed.html) and [2] (http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php?species=3712) and they both work? Dave.Dunford 15:46, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Also adding [3] (http://news.fws.gov/NewsReleases/showNews.cfm?newsId=897957A5-1143-3066-401A20C9DFF1CE36) to the entry. --Mitsukai 17:07, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Forests of steak? --mhari
- Uh, that vandalism lasted all of two minutes. -- Coneslayer 00:00, 2005 Apr 29 (UTC)
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Coelecanth?!
Don't know who wrote the blurb that's gone on the front page, but the Coelecanth was thought to have become extinct 65 million years ago ... nowhere near comparable to the Ivory-billed Woodpecker which was thought extinct for 51 years. Proto 13:14, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- On the other hand, it's not like we watched the Coelecanth go extinct. I mean, we knew almost exactly where the Ivory-billed Woodpecker ought to be, and couldn't find it for decades. -- Coneslayer 14:16, 2005 Apr 29 (UTC)
arkansas claims
the more i read the actual report claiming to have seen this bird in Arkansas, the more i doubt it as being a correct identification. Kingturtle 23:41, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Have you seen the video and the stills from it? jimfbleak 04:53, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- I have seen the stills, but not the video in action. Kingturtle 09:30, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
"Lord God bird"
- This species used to be known by the popular name of "Lord God bird", for the exclamation that someone would make upon seeing a bird of its striking appearance and great size.
The article on the Pileated Woodpecker offers a different explanation. A-giau 20:11, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Moreover, the 1991 edition of The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds lists "Lord-God" as one of the Other names of the Pileated, but does not list it as one of the Other names of the Ivory-billed. Interestingly, the reference book *does* list "Log-god" as one of the Other names of the Ivory-billed. Kingturtle 20:18, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
Conservation
I'd like to see some info on developments since the siting (as they happen). Are they going to try and save the habitat, in order to allow numbers of the woodpecker to rise? Will there be more sitings? Is there any danger of loads of people going looking for it, only to cause further damage to the area?
Confusing Sentence
"One of the authors, who was kayaking in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Monroe County, Arkansas, on February 11, 2004, reported the sighting of an unusually large red-crested woodpecker on a website."
That sentence implies the woodpecker was sighted on a website.
Does it not make more sense as follows:
"One of the authors, who was kayaking in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Monroe County, Arkansas, on February 11, 2004, reported on a website the sighting of an unusually large red-crested woodpecker. Wayward 11:40, May 2, 2005 (UTC)
- Changed as recommended (not by me). Dave.Dunford 11:03, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
Size comparison
IBW may be closer in size to a Northern Pintail than to a crow but I've got three objections to this change: (1) most non-specialists will have no idea how big a Northern Pintail is (or even what a Northern Pintail is) (2) it would be better to link to a bird of a similar shape and posture (this conjures up images for me of a swimming duck rotated through 90° and nailed to a tree!) and (3) I don't think a link to Northern Pintail is warranted (except for people who might click it to find out how big it is!!). I'll try to think of a bird that's familiar, yet close in size and shape. Dave.Dunford 11:01, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
- Changed back to "crow". Wikipedia gives the length of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker as 48-53cm, the Northern Pintail as 65-75 (though the authoritative Collins Bird Guide quotes 79-87cm for males), the American Crow as 39-49 and the Carrion Crow as 48-52. Carrion Crow (which is what most Europeans would understand by "crow") is the best match, but American Crow (which I guess it what most Americans would take "crow" to mean) is near enough (and closer than Pintail). Dave.Dunford 11:16, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
- Not to mention that a Pintail doesn't sit in trees, so it isn't a useful comparison species. An I-b Wp is however larger than American Crow, so I'll suggest a change to "slightly larger than an American Crow" (with the latter linked) - MPF 19:26, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
- Given that the text says "about the size of..." (my italics) and the actual measurements of IBW are given, I think the sentence is OK as it is, and does its job in giving a reasonable impression for a layman of the size of the bird. But your suggestion is unobjectionable and I wouldn't revert if someone else feels it's better your way. Dave.Dunford 07:54, 5 May 2005 (UTC)
- Not to mention that a Pintail doesn't sit in trees, so it isn't a useful comparison species. An I-b Wp is however larger than American Crow, so I'll suggest a change to "slightly larger than an American Crow" (with the latter linked) - MPF 19:26, 3 May 2005 (UTC)