re: $12,000 Reward for Information Regarding the Whereabouts of an Ivory Billed Woodpecker

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eah I don't get what you are saying either,

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His point is that their sound equipment was sensitive enough to pick up gun shots a long way from where they were located. So if there were any IBWP in the area, they wouldve heard them too.

There were two hanging around my yard about a month ago. The wife never saw one till then.

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WOuld sound equipment not be better? Seems like they would likely have a unique pattern of pecking?

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Yes, there are still people looking for them, mostly listening and recording. They do have a unique drumming.

Any decent "birdwatcher" actually relies on their ears at least as much as their eyes.

There used to be one occasionally in my grandmothers back yard in Franklinton. She was avid bird watcher (president of state Audubon Society etc) and even made my grandfather put a huge bay window in by kitchen table and huge bird feeder and bath outside. They lived right off the Bogue Chitto.

In late 70s she swore she keep seeing one, took a picture etc. they keep saying it was a another similar bird and she got so pissed off she quit a bunch of the groups

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Franklinton - They lived right off the Bogue Chitto.

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My parents live on Hwy 16 (100 yds from the BC) several miles north of Enon. Great habitat for birds and bird watchers

Dang, he must've pecked a hole in somethin important.

Seriously though, is that the only species of woodpecker with the light colored bill? If so, the searchers might be looking in too small of an area.
I have definitely seen a woodpecker with a yellowish looking bill around my uncle's place a few times.

Looked at some photos, I guess it could have been the Imperial version.
Now that I have read more about the Imperial, that seems even less likely. They live more around Mexico.

Same with the one that I've seen. Huge bird, mostly black with a red head. The light colored bill, really caught my eye though. I only saw the 1 bird alone.
There's a little hill down to a creek bottom with some beetle kill pines, mixed in hardwoods. I've seen him flying from tree to tree.

Are there other ones, that fit this general description?

70s. He was positive it was the right bird, I remember her talking under her breath that she damn well knew the difference between a Pilated and an ivory bill etc. I think she quit Over it. Since they are hearing them in swamps around Slidell I am sure she was right after all. Other people saw it too But the experts didn’t want to listen to some old ladies.

None of y’all have seen an ivory billed woodpecker or a black panther

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Huge bird, mostly black with a red head.

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The only woodpecker with an actual red head is the (wait for it), red-headed woodpecker. Beautiful, striking birds but they are not ridiculously big.

Pileated woodpeckers are very large birds, mostly black, but only a crown of red (and a red cheek stripe on the males.)