Good grief Rip... I said I don't want to turn it into an IBW list it doesn'=
t
mean you can't! I just don't believe it exists, that's all!! Regardless of
the amount of birders and Cornell staff, there is still no conclusive
evidence to the bird's existence. I believe Cornell released their evidence
last year prematurely, there was a lot of hype that went with it and still
we have no concrete evidence. The Kent calls are not convincing David Sible=
y
also believes the bird doesn't exist; does that make him right because he i=
s
a respectable birder?
Seeing (or hearing) is believing as with the Yeti, Big Foot, Loch Ness
Monster.. Jane Goodall is a very respectable person, because she believes i=
n
Big Foot, why should I believe in it too? She also believes in God, I
definitely don't. What's your point here?
Where is the anecdotal & physical evidence gathered? Go on, I suppose you
believe in UFO'S too (I am joking by the way)
I believe they would have found the Ivory Bill by now if it exists, the ide=
a
that this bird is skittish makes me laugh, they were able to film it back i=
n
1920 with the bird landing on someone's hat!! Leaving autonomous recorders
around and spending the entire season out in the swamps would have given us
something to believe in.. Up to know there is nothing but controversy..
You personally show me that it exists and I will eat my 744 recorder...
Kindest regards possible..
Martyn
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From:
On Behalf Of Richard Lyttle
Sent: Saturday, August 26, 2006 10:11 AM
To:
Subject: [Nature Recordists] IBW experts. crummy footage? then we need to
throw talent at it!
uh, Martyn, US Fish & Wildlife & Nature Conservancy is putting $15 million
into habitat conservation and field research this year. and the folks at
Cornell Ornithology Lab are no dummies. they point to the audio clips as
foremost evidence...so far. the luneau video is sketchy, granted, but quite
plausible. obviously the search needs some determination and skill thrown a=
t
it.
why threaten to turn off the discussion so soon, martyn? ruffle your
sensibilities? <Like I say, Good luck, I don't want to turn this list into
the IBW list serve >
this is exactly what this list is supposed to discuss, -it's nature &
recording, right?
and what grand technology is being focused on IBW's in swamps, remote areas=
,
pray tell? when autonomous recorders officially were deployed in Arkansas
they got IBW double knocks and kent-kent calls from 200 hours
recording-first time. you discount that, too, over John Fitzpatrick,
Cornell, and the other experts?
and you go against Jane Goodall on Bigfoot btw. She publicly states she
believes they ( and other wildmen ) exist ( NPR radio, 2002, and to me
personally ) based on her own research. hundreds of sightings are turned in
every year in the U.S., many by cops, hunters, drivers, farmers. You
discount Yeti outright?
and you discount Nessie outright? with all the anecdotal & physical evidenc=
e
gathered?
please send me the IBW sound offer person you mentioned and i'll prove them
right, martyn.
rip
fortune tends to follow the bold.
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