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So with all that footage, did they see one or not? Surely evidence becomes fast at some point.

• ftxbro 3y ago
  > "Skilled, reliable observers associated with our team, all abundantly familiar with Pileated Woodpecker, Red-headed Woodpecker (Melanerpes erythrocephalus), and other birds of the area, reported 16 visual observations deemed by the observer to be probable Ivory-billed Woodpeckers. Seven of these were of high enough quality that the observer considered the sighting to be definite (See Appendix 1). Although these observations lack photographic verification, many are supported by field drawings." So they are pretty sure they saw some 'the observer considered the sighting to be definite' but they don't have any photographs 'observations lack photographic verification'.
  • jonah 3y ago
    The audio recordings they captured are pretty compelling to me as someone with a bit of interest in and experience with id-ing birds by sound.
  • jonah 3y ago
    They do have photos - read the paper - but they're not high-quality enough to positively identify the woodpecker alone.