Everytime someone claims to see one in recent years they usually: 1. Already believed the Ivory-billed still exists (confirmation bias) 2. Are not adequately able to distinguish it from Pileated (mistaken) 3. Are not even in the historic range (uninformed) 4. Appeal to the potential of its existence (cope) The data points to its extinction. Your efforts would be better suited helping any of the known endangered and threatened birds on the continent
You have a very valid point! But Im more of the Burden of Proof guy so that the same things would prove either existed. There is currently no definitive burden of proof parameters defined!
@@Ivory-BilledWoodpeckerBu-en3wx I'm confused by what you think "Burden of Proof" means. There haven't been any sightings that meet the burden of proof needed for Ornithologists to say it's still around.
@@Ivory-BilledWoodpeckerBu-en3wx Who are the feds exactly? Do you think this is a conspiracy or something? Burden of proof for an ornithologist should be the same as for any other zoologist. You don't get to claim the bird is still extant when you have absolutely zero proof.
@@Ivory-BilledWoodpeckerBu-en3wx that doesn't mean anything. Bachman's Warbler has been extinct for decades and the USFWS didn't delist it until last year.
@@Ivory-BilledWoodpeckerBu-en3wx if you read the wiki article correctly you'll find that the Great Scaly is THIRD largest after the Imperial, then Ivory-Bill. It is only the largest if you count the other two as extinct.
Very educational video thanks for making this video. I really want to learn more about the Ivbw it’s an amazing bird
Thank you! More info to come shortly. More interview footage too!!
Everytime someone claims to see one in recent years they usually:
1. Already believed the Ivory-billed still exists (confirmation bias)
2. Are not adequately able to distinguish it from Pileated (mistaken)
3. Are not even in the historic range (uninformed)
4. Appeal to the potential of its existence (cope)
The data points to its extinction. Your efforts would be better suited helping any of the known endangered and threatened birds on the continent
You have a very valid point! But Im more of the Burden of Proof guy so that the same things would prove either existed. There is currently no definitive burden of proof parameters defined!
@@Ivory-BilledWoodpeckerBu-en3wx I'm confused by what you think "Burden of Proof" means. There haven't been any sightings that meet the burden of proof needed for Ornithologists to say it's still around.
@@hairiestwizard I do not believe the feds have a defined burden of proof. Is there a defined burden of proof for Ornithologist?
@@Ivory-BilledWoodpeckerBu-en3wx any physical evidence: feathers, call recordings, photos, nesting cavities, eggs
@@Ivory-BilledWoodpeckerBu-en3wx Who are the feds exactly? Do you think this is a conspiracy or something? Burden of proof for an ornithologist should be the same as for any other zoologist. You don't get to claim the bird is still extant when you have absolutely zero proof.
They are extinct.
The Feds have not made that final determination yet!
@@Ivory-BilledWoodpeckerBu-en3wx that doesn't mean anything. Bachman's Warbler has been extinct for decades and the USFWS didn't delist it until last year.
@@dogtoddy My project is on the Burden of Proof! So how do you prove to the feds it does exist if evidence is found?
Id guess its extinct, dont bother me tho if people want to make informative videos and keep looking for em just in case
I was lucky to hear and see one in the year of 2018.
Sounds like the Eastern Cougar in New Brunswick Canada....
As far as I am aware, the only other woodpecker bigger than the Ivory-Bill was the Imperial. Whats the other?
The Great Slaty! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_slaty_woodpecker
@@Ivory-BilledWoodpeckerBu-en3wx if you read the wiki article correctly you'll find that the Great Scaly is THIRD largest after the Imperial, then Ivory-Bill. It is only the largest if you count the other two as extinct.