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Ivory-billed Woodpecker Photos

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Photo: Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas.

Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas.
Photo © Clark Jones/Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Photo: Big Woods Conservation Partnership project volunteer, Jim Fitzpatrick with his dog, Drake, set off to search for ivory-billed woodpeckers in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas. February 2005.

Big Woods Conservation Partnership project volunteer, Jim Fitzpatrick with his dog, Drake, set off to search for ivory-billed woodpeckers in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas. February 2005.
Photo © Mark Godfrey/TNC

Photo: Wearing camouflage, Bobby Harrison, Oakwood College associate professor, searches for ivory-billed woodpeckers in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas. March 2005.

Wearing camouflage, Bobby Harrison, Oakwood College associate professor, searches for ivory-billed woodpeckers in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas. March 2005.
Photo © Mark Godfrey/TNC

Photo: Oakwood College Associate Professor Bobby Harrison hangs a decoy that he carved of a female ivory-billed woodpecker (holding a grub in her beak) on a tree in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge in Arkansas. The decoys are used as part of the Big Woods Conservation Partnership search effort. March 2005.

Oakwood College Associate Professor Bobby Harrison hangs a decoy that he carved of a female ivory-billed woodpecker (holding a grub in her beak) on a tree in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge in Arkansas. The decoys are used as part of the Big Woods Conservation Partnership search effort. March 2005.
Photo © Mark Godfrey/TNC

Photo: Bobby Harrison, Oakwood College associate professor, holds mechanical models of pileated (left) and ivory-billed woodpeckers that the team used to help verify possible video recordings of the ivory-billed woodpecker in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge in Arkansas. March 2005.

Bobby Harrison, Oakwood College associate professor, holds mechanical models of pileated (left) and ivory-billed woodpeckers that the team used to help verify possible video recordings of the ivory-billed woodpecker in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge in Arkansas. March 2005.
Photo © Mark Godfrey/TNC

Image: Colorized digital image of ivory-billed woodpecker at nest.

Colorized digital image of ivory-billed woodpecker at nest.
Image © Arthur A. Allen/Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Painting of ivory-billed woodpecker on tree.

Painting of ivory-billed woodpecker on tree.
Painting © Arthur A. Allen/Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Photo: Ivory-billed woodpecker, Singer Tract, Lousiana, 1935.

Ivory-billed woodpecker, Singer Tract, Lousiana, 1935.
Photo courtesy of David Allen

Photo: Dutch scientist Martjan Lammertink searches for ivory-billed woodpeckers from a blind in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas. March 2005.

Dutch scientist Martjan Lammertink searches for ivory-billed woodpeckers from a blind in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas. March 2005.
Photo © Mark Godfrey/TNC

Photo: University of Arkansas professor David Luneau searches for ivory-billed woodpeckers from his canoe in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas. March 2005.

University of Arkansas professor David Luneau searches for ivory-billed woodpeckers from his canoe in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas. March 2005.
Photo © Mark Godfrey/TNC

Photo: Gene Sparling, a kayaker who first saw the ivory-billed woodpecker, compares a hole found in a dead tree in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge in Arkansas to a chart created by Dutch scientist Martjan Lammertink of holes created by pileated woodpeckers <em>(left side of chart)</em> and ivory-billed woodpeckers. March 2005.

Gene Sparling, a kayaker who first saw the ivory-billed woodpecker, compares a hole found in a dead tree in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge in Arkansas to a chart created by Dutch scientist Martjan Lammertink of holes created by pileated woodpeckers (left side of chart) and ivory-billed woodpeckers. March 2005.
Photo © Mark Godfrey/TNC

Photo: Scott Simon (right), The Nature Conservancy's Arkansas State Director, and naturalist filmmaker Timothy R. Barksdale search for ivory-billed woodpeckers in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas. August 2004.

Scott Simon (right), The Nature Conservancy's Arkansas State Director, and naturalist filmmaker Timothy R. Barksdale search for ivory-billed woodpeckers in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas. August 2004.
Photo © Mark Godfrey/TNC

Photo: Gene Sparling, a kayaker who first saw the ivory-billed woodpecker, continues to search for the bird in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas. August 2004.

Gene Sparling, a kayaker who first saw the ivory-billed woodpecker, continues to search for the bird in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas. August 2004.
Photo © Mark Godfrey/TNC

Photo: A tree with bark and wood stripped from it is possible evidence of the presence of the ivory-billed woodpecker in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas. February 2005.

A tree with bark and wood stripped from it is possible evidence of the presence of the ivory-billed woodpecker in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas. February 2005.
Photo © Mark Godfrey/TNC