The return of "extinct" species

Around here the big thing is the comeback of the Whooping Crane. North America's tallest bird was down to just 23 individuals in the 1940's but are up to over 800 now.

I live in N.E. Arkansas and every time I'm out I look for a Ivory billed woodpecker. Wish me luck.

I can just imagine how many birders went to Arkansas to look for that woodpecker. I worked at a small wastewater treatment facility, near a wildlife refuge and when a bird watcher glimpsed a rare species of bird, and posted it to their fellow birders, we would see a huge increase in the number of people out with very expensive cameras and photography equipment. We had regular visits from people who lived over 200 miles away when it was the right time of year or a rare species was sighted. And if anyone here thinks that hunters, boaters or fishermen spend a lot of money on their hobbies, well you should see how much money these wildlife watchers spend!

Love this. It really does give hope in a crazy time. Love all of Conor's reporting and stories.

Now, the real challenge - keeping the species around. Hopefully we can bring back these from the brink of extinction. These kind of stories give me hope for supposedly “extinct“ creatures.

What A Beautiful Bird

The encroachment of people is what always causes sensitive species to flee an area, so if you find a long lost critter keep it to yourself!

All of them forget about barbary lions Maybe more than 90 % don't know it 😢😢

I remember reading about the ivory bill's possible rediscovery years ago, nice to see it get attention again in 2021 :).

That tortoise hasn’t been seen in 114 years and the guy is handling it like a cat.

I ❤️ birds.

Let us not think that extinction isn't still a very large possibility for this bird. That there is a fully operational breeding population is doubtful.

I've seen this bird in my yard late last year. I started bird watching during lockdown. I looked through my birding books and couldn't turn anything up. Im so glad I came across this. I've also seen a lone bald eagle recently its great.

I believe it was established that the bird that was seen in 2004 was the pileated woodpecker(a look-alike relative of the ivory-billed woodpecker)with leucistic markings. These markings made this bird appear to be an ivory-billed woodpecker.

The story of this purported sighting was debunked shortly after the claim was made. It is incredibly sloppy of CBS not to consult some actual ornithologists for the truth.

If only can bring back love and respect in the world 🌎

4:20 The tortoise: Bruh I'm just taking a walk, would you please shut up

I've seen that same bird up deep in the mountains in the Ozarks in Arkansas

It’s amazing to me that whoever did the background research on this story didn’t realize that the Ivory-billed “sighting” is now widely accepted to be wishful thinking, and that there likely never was one there.

Sufjan stevens has an amazing song about the lord god bird