tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937810202619602161.post7685530128152448404..comments2023-03-26T09:46:22.163-04:00Comments on Campephilus Woodpeckers: The Cuban Ivory-billed WoodpeckerBill Benishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12006394626709197388noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937810202619602161.post-66397638138073812872010-11-20T11:22:05.449-05:002010-11-20T11:22:05.449-05:00Thanks Jackson. I checked it out, and it is the s...Thanks Jackson. I checked it out, and it is the same bird as the one depicted in Jackson's book, but a different photo.Bill Benishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12006394626709197388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937810202619602161.post-74698213430249298162010-11-19T20:35:25.772-05:002010-11-19T20:35:25.772-05:00There is a picture of the IBWO with a 17 inch bill...There is a picture of the IBWO with a 17 inch bill in "The Race To Save The Lord God Bird," by Phillip Hoose.Jackson Roehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13609313592794472296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937810202619602161.post-81256469838774872012010-11-17T21:55:07.599-05:002010-11-17T21:55:07.599-05:00Their large size sure is amazing Chris, relative t...Their large size sure is amazing Chris, relative to the size of most woodpeckers.<br /><br />You got me curious cyberthrush. I knew I had seen that photo somewhere too. Although I can't find it online, I did find it along with an account of the living bird on pp.195-196 of "In Search of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker" by Jerry Jackson.<br /><br />The bird with the 17-inch long bill was a female discovered with two other Ivorybills by German naturalist Johannes Gundlach. He wondered how the female bird could manage to eat with its fantastic bill. He discovered that while she was occasionally fed by two companion birds, she was also able "to poke into large arboreal termite nests and extract termites for herself." Mystery solved, Gundlach summarily shot all three birds to preserve as specimens!<br /><br />Jackson says this specimen, collected in 1843, now resides at the Cuban Museum of Natural History in Havana.<br /><br />Thanks for mentioning this very unusual Ivorybill!Bill Benishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12006394626709197388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937810202619602161.post-65984574799652065812010-11-17T19:28:19.604-05:002010-11-17T19:28:19.604-05:00Jerry Jackson has previously employed a fascinatin...Jerry Jackson has previously employed a fascinating (museum) picture of a Cuban Ivory-bill with a (obviously-deformed) curling 17-inch bill! In a quick check I don't find it on the 'net, but you might stay on the lookout for it.cyberthrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01883119145892591610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3937810202619602161.post-76836651435805092452010-11-17T17:00:35.405-05:002010-11-17T17:00:35.405-05:00I'm all the time amazed by the size of these w...I'm all the time amazed by the size of these woodpeckers! Incredible!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16336362938871245037noreply@blogger.com