Hi, About the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, the New York Times is now asking "Does the bird live or does it not?". You can read today's article here (I believe free registration is required): http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/30/science/30bird.html I've also posted key snippets from the article here: http://tomnelson.blogspot.com/ Regards, Tom Nelson Ramsey County