60 Minutes Archive: The Lord God Bird

[@o.h.w.6638]

Such a sweet man. I got choked up when he started to cry at the end 🥺

[@matthewstearns289]

​@Jesus is LORD Humans worst thing God ever created.

[@sooz9433]

There is something so depressing in realizing that an animal, a bird, a fish, a flower, a thing that was once abundant has now disappeared forever. I understand the emotional investment these folks have in this beautiful bird. Wonderful piece, thank you 60 Minutes!

[@letavoss5938]

Sorry but more species are extinct than are existent.Humans have been responsible for a fraction of these losses.

[@verlindaallen3335]

Heaven will be full of every animal great and small 🙏 ✨ 🙌 ❤ yep...

[@kernelkestrel4400]

Millions of years of evolution stomped out by us and our needs, indeed depressing

[@letavoss5938]

@@kernelkestrel4400 Your erroneous philosophy ,that humans are the cause of all destructive influences on earth and THE cause of the decimation of the planet,is the main impetus behind much of the self hate in today’s climate hysteria . 95% of all species on earth have disappeared in the last 250 million years.This is a common occurrence and has very seldom been the result of man.There have been 5 mass extinctions in the last 450 million years and man has had nothing to do with them.The pseudo environmentalists aren’t for the”environment “ at all, their main goal is posturing to appear virtuous.The vast majority are simplistic, posturing little cocktail party leftist too fatuously stupid to even understand the complexity of what they’re saying. So don’t whine about humans and their rapacious ways until you understand something about our ecosystem and it’s complexity.

[@Tell_It_Right]

You do realize that more than 95% of species that have existed have gone extinct, right?

[@MH3GL]

A pileated woodpecker is not "a small bird." It may be smallER than an ivory billed, but it's hardly small.

[@willong1000]

Indeed! The Pileated is North America's largest woodpecker if the Ivory Billed is factually extinct.

[@dougking8566]

I have the Pileated on my property, every once in a while.They are scarce, as well.

[@Genextra70]

@@dougking8566 we have one too. Sounds like someone hammering nails and will come out to find a hole in trees and dust on ground. He is gorgeous. I managed one blurry pic of him.

[@katmandudawn8417]

I’ve seen the palliated woodpeckers few times here in Virginia. Sometimes in town near big old decaying trees but the best experience was, I once got to watch a palliated family playing in the trees. The house I was visiting was raised so your view was from a higher elevation. It was a pair with two almost grown young. The people I was visiting said they nested nearby. It was a special treat. I also would have one visit some homemade peanut butter/ suet feeders I had attached to a tree in the general area. I was taking care of an elderly lady who lived on top of a mountain. I had set up a number of different feeders for us to watch. The palliated was an occasional visitor. I also enjoyed the crows who eventually became comfortable enough to stop by. They are so smart. I swear they recognized my car and would come by to see what I had brought.

[@williammarsh1964]

Made the mistake of putting my portable tree stand up a tree, not far enough away from their nesting tree. I don't who was male of female but there were more then one screaming their heads off and diving down in my direction. Every buck in the vicinity was made aware that I was there

[@kateskeys]

I love people who love to learn and respect life.

[@bethbartlett5692]

I do too! 😘

[@stephenafonja7987]

Hi kate 😋

[@johnengland8619]

I thought perhaps it was the pileated woodpecker

[@YLZN0013]

Me too 🌍

[@jamesgravel7755]

I seen one of these in Houston Texas. It was the biggest woodpecker I’ve ever seen. I have two Pilates woodpeckers in my back yard and they are no where even close to the size of the one I seen in Texas. It was easily bigger than a large crow. I’m not a bird watcher but I was in awe. It was beautiful thing to see.

[@pamelamolina5623]

Omg I hope so. Keep your eye out. Maybe it extended its range

[@lorenzodicapo6305]

Keep an eye out for a Yoga woodpecker

[@Mr_badjoke]

I too have seen this bird friend . also in hot Southern climate. You know it's a woodpecker but it's very loud and the damn thing is over a foot tall EASY & you do say "my god wait is that a woodpecker?!". I don't know why he ran that video that is a horrible tiny Bird 😂 and that is not the size of these woodpeckers they are massive

[@dsw8103]

Me too - in Chattanooga, TN - actually in Falling Water, TN. I knew it was an endangered or presumed extinct woodpecker as soon as I saw it. It was HUGE and looked prehistoric in scale.

[@mkervelegan]

I also saw one at Bear Creek near Katy in 2005…

[@oldmech619]

I had dinner with Ed Bradly in London many years ago. A very pleasant and interesting man.

[@jeffj2495]

Very lucky you, the experience of a lifetime....literally.

[@bconsilio3764]

That would be cool! Good for you!

[@situated4]

Of course you did. I had lunch with William Shakespeare last Tuesday. He paid.

[@oldmech619]

@@situated4 You show your immaturely with comments like that. Maybe when you grow up, you will have a bit more intellectual capabilities and become a responsible individual.

[@bconsilio3764]

@@situated4 don’t be a troll!

[@MrWaterbugdesign]

When I was young 50 years ago a friend of mine called me and said he seen a giant woodpecker with a call that sounded like laughing. The next day he took me to where he'd seen it and sure enough big black woodpecker with red on its head and white markings. And a cool call. Later we tried to id it. This happened in winter in Upstate NY. We came across the Ivory-Billed and thought we'd seen a very rare bird, maybe thought to be extinct. Then we came across the Pileated Woodpecker...our fame dashed. Still, very cool to see. Have never seen one since.

[@charlesperkins3669]

Luv your handle!

[@chuckgates1171]

1st 1 i seen 4 years ago was in the giant oak tree in back yard and im 56 and grew up in the back woods.

[@peterjohnson617]

I live down state N Y & the Pileated is seen quite often here. One of my favorite birds.

[@thelakeman5207]

@Water Bug - I live in Ct. and see Pileated Woodpeckers a few times a year, usually in the late winter. I know that laughing sound you described. Sounds like crazy laughter, like from a horror movie!

[@dickdanger2235]

In 1989 I was in 6th grade. One day after school while squirrel hunting I passed through a stand of pine. The type so big it seems to be dark and shaded with pine needles so thick one the ground no underbrush grows. I seen what I thought at the time a giant redheaded woodpecker. It was huge and I knew it was something rare and special. The next day at school I was telling my best friend Greg Frizzle (rip) . He told me that it sounded like an Ivory billed. But they are extinct. So we go to the library and look it up. Sure enough that was it. That day after school I went back to those woods and found it again and got with in 30 yards of it. Being a kid at the time I didn't realize how important the sighting was and never reported it or tried to get any proof. I live in NW Arkansas in the Ozarks at the edge of the river valley. I swear this to be true.

[@ariesfire13]

I have about 4 pileated's coming in. I'm in between two rivers and artesian wells are everywhere. Pileated's like suet cakes. For a large bird, they are very quiet. They hit my feeders mostly at dusk & dawn. Once they get comfy, you can get pretty close to them. They know when I'm gone for work, so they'll eat an entire suet cake. Lol They know my routine, they're very aware and watch their surroundings. They can be easily spooked away also. I have many kinds of birds in my yard, I wear bright colors and play music all the time when I'm outside. And they have never pooped on my car. 😂😂 I hope I get to see an Ivory Billed Woodpecker someday, I'll have to keep an eye out for them. Stay Blessed

[@emanuellugo2290]

The way you save it is by leaving it alone. It obviously knows how to survive.

[@melviasheppard8466]

If only they were as smart as you

[@peterdarr383]

Just give it back the 25 million acre forest and we're good !

[@eemoogee160]

Leave its habitat alone. But that's not going to happen.

[@dogtoddy]

@@eemoogee160 it’s too late.

[@bluenose7984]

Once a species get's this low in numbers, it takes professionals to come in and guard the nests. Scientists will be taking eggs from their nests forcing them to re lay more. They have to get the numbers up and slowly re release them into the wild.

[@cw6136]

Even the most remotest location, in the lower 48, is only 15 miles from the nearest road.

[@DianaDeLuna]

I still have this 60 Minutes segment on VHS. I was utterly enamored with the idea a presumed extinct species was found again. Seeing it re-presumed extinct last week broke my damn heart. 😭

[@johnnymcblaze]

Stories like this are a dime a dozen. If a community is unaware or uncaring of their local animals plight, they are exterminated. I can't go into detail, because youtube will delete the comment, but I know of snowfoxes being dug out of a nest where a shopping center was being built, AND 500 year old 600lb snapping turtles being killed and cut up with chainsaws, in order to drain what little was left of the original swap that covered the whole eastern seaboard from the Carolinas to Boston, and put in a baseball field. And this was just in the oldest city in Pennsylvania.

[@marcgaglione5192]

Never give up hope.

[@divineintervention212]

@Johnnymcblaze, There are no 500 year old turtles anywhere and how would anyone even know how old a turtle was or how much it weighs if it was cut up and discarded? Turtles only get about 150 years old. And foxes would have definitely ran away as soon as they heard heavy construction or logging equipment in the distance. I know your exaggerating the story to bring awareness but fabricating stories hurts animal preservation more than it helps, but a 500 year old snapping turtle that's a good one😂😂😂

[@johnnymcblaze]

@@divineintervention212 Sure bud. I'm thinking off all the things people "know" and chuckling to myself.

[@cubzrulz]

It's still critically endangered as of this comment

[@TrueToad]

As a lover of Nature and especially Birds - It would be a miracle if the Ivory Bill does still exist.

[@grcleve7053]

It does.

[@KRIS-jj9on]

It does believe me . Amazing to see.

[@colejames423]

It’s dead and gone

[@bradkiewiet4268]

Oh they exist

[@collinreesejones5525]

Ed Bradley was one of my absolute FAVORITES!!! 😍😢

[@castelodomar846]

I miss Ed Bradley. RIP 🥰🙌

[@GisherJohn24]

A good soul. Reporting things we cared about

[@jimmcdevitt6084]

Man once destroyed this creature, and now that he knows there is still one or two our there, he’ll try desperately to destroy it again…LEAVE THE BIRD ALONE.

[@michaelisennock8391]

The bird is extinct. It was declared so a day ago. Terrible tragedy.

[@splashdown50]

I thought I saw one in upstate South Carolina when I was a child, 1982.

[@margo3367]

My thoughts exactly.

[@chuckgates1171]

@@splashdown50 Dont tell anyone..

[@annemarieelizabethrosevolo4366]

The area where this bird has be rediscovered IS PROTECTED FEDERAL LAND.

[@heribertorivera6519]

I've learned something today. This story humbles me immensely. 😌 I admit knowing very little about birds, but my heart was jumping and pumping in my chest for the happiness I felt watching it. What a BEAUTIFUL BIRD! God bless America!!! 🤗

[@jasonwiggins6137]

There's a lot inaccurate information in here. Game and Wildlife declared it's extinction mainly because they feel Government funding should go to species that are known to be surviving, but endangered. Many Biologists and Institutions are not declaring it extinct because of possible Ivory-billed Woodpeckers in Cuba. The Imperial Woodpecker is larger, and also could be extinct, but could possibly be holding on in remote parts of Mexico. Anyone stating sightings in their backyard, is most likely the Pileated Woodpecker, very similar.

[@williamgrimberg2510]

I am 71 . Back in 1979 my first wife and I were living on my parents 10 acer wooded retirement property in the Bitterroot Valley of western Montana . One late spring morning,I was walking down the long driveway towards a pond on the property ,then over my left shoulder I heard some really strong taps coming from one of the trees back close to the house and then heard the strangest bird call that didn’t sound like any other bird in the area, it almost sounded like a tropical bird . I slowly headed back towards the ongoing loud pecking and hid behind a tree . Looking up about 15 feet on this one pine tree was the largest black and white woodpecker I had ever seen. It had a large pointed ivory color beak , large claws ( I am not a bird expert) , a very large fin like red hood running along the top of its head and the bird itself it was at least a foot tall . It was almost like looking at something prehistoric. It stayed around for about 8 to ten minutes. I saw it again about the same time of year the next year and on another tree next to the last tree . I am not sure since it was a long time ago , but I think it had something like a small skin like gullet similar to a turkey but a lot smaller, it was small enough where could have been a thin membrane between the neck and beak or maybe it was the back lower part of the beak intersecting into the neck . Never knew that I may had seen something rare til about ten or more years ago. Just remembered the name of the tree it was working on. It’s called a Jack pine which has a lot of sap coming out of it and has kind of knurly bark .

[@yactabay]

You need to notify these people about the tree type along with your story

[@paradoxstudios6639]

lots of strange things were happening in 1979, believe me.

[@Just_shush_now]

As a bird enthusiast, I can promise you that this is completely unreliable. Your memory is only enough for a on the spot ID... You cannot Id a bird 10 years later. Memory only deludes the sighting until it is not representative of what you actually saw. You likely saw a pileated. Montana is not even part of the Ivory bills range.

[@willgraham8878]

As far as I know the Ivory Bill does not have as part of its range Montana. You Most Likely were seeing a Pileated Woodpecker!

[@Just_shush_now]

@Carlos The Rocker you’re obviously not understanding what I said… memories and memories of details are completely different. You can never… never… ever rely on a memory of details after 10 years. Especially when the bird he claims to have seen never even lived in his range. The story may be believable to people who have no knowledge on birds but it’s not for those who actually do understand birds. It’s extinct and he likely saw a pileated. You weren’t there either and you claim that his stories believable? Seems pretty hypocritical. You are not a birder and therefore you do not understand the identification process… which must be on the field or done with photographic evidence afterwards. Again, his story is not believable because the Ivory never lived in Montana, he’s making a definite ID after 10 years and he never evens mentions if he actually had binoculars or not. He obviously was not a birder as he would of been able to ID it after seeing it if he was.

[@sonyaj.6736]

My favorite journalist watched Mr.Bradley for years! R.I.P ❤

[@GS-zc4sk]

Doesn't seem possible.

[@whalesong999]

So glad to see this report. When I lived in Texas county, Missouri, I saw my first pileated woodpecker and was astonished. The ivory billed woodpecker must be an awesome creature to behold. These two birds along with the road runner species are extremely interesting.

[@robhaywood8084]

I live in central Texas but I did live in Missouri for about a year and was dying to see a pileated. We are so fortunate to have such a beautiful diversity of birds in this country. I still have hope that the Ivory-Billed is out there somewhere.

[@RetireesHelpingRetirees]

I've been a birder for many years I am also a photographer.. I also live in the middle of a simi swamp low country cypress creek.. surrounded by thousands of acres of Bald Cypress, White Cypress... Tupelo Red River Oaks... live oaks to name a few of the very large very ancient trees... we have here. I've seen many... Pileated Woodpeckers... and I can assure you, there are times that they can appear to be an Ivory Bill... seriously. I see and hear them everyday .... they too have a very distinct call (s)... the quick video you showed... as what I see all the time... Sorry gentlemen it's not what you want it to be...In fact since I am 100% of what I am saying.. Not that these gentlemen did not see one. I am saying they could have seen what I think they saw based on the fact that I see them all the time.. and as they fly especially away from you.. you will see the white under wings... and it will appear that you saw something entirely different then what you actually saw. I am, so sure of this I wil get some fresh photo with my Nikon D800 using a 500mm lens and send you fellas a few photo files to take a look at... for yourselves. okay ! Sorry.. I wish it was too.. I sure thought so when I saw them the first few times.. but they were Pileated no Ivory Bills.

[@davidcox7961]

Buddy. I’m gonna trust the experts from the foremost ornithologist institution (Cornell) in the world. Multiple professors said this was definitely it. Unfortunately it appears they were not a common bird even when they were “common”. There is more video where these experts state from the size etc they believe it was a full grown male and probably one of it not the last of its kind. My family is originally from the area and the only hope I have for this bird is that the area is still incredibly remote with really no big urban areas around for miles. There’s are thousands of acres of the white River wma that are just inaccessible to humans. So who knows, maybe there’s still a couple out there.

[@Tezcatlipokaa]

Don’t forget about the slighly larger relative too that is presumed extinct which is the Imperial Woodpecker found in the Sierra Madres Occidental Mountians of Mexico. Such a tragedy that those beautiful birds are gone; all over humans worrying about them devaluing lumber

[@TucoDog-ho6fw]

Thanks. I hadn’t thought about that one and a good long time. 👍🏻

[@debrabolton9372]

I love all birds. They add so much to our lives. To know that such a beautiful bird is extinct is very sad.

[@jrnfw4060]

I love all birds, too. Even the so-called pest birds.

[@machonsote918]

This reminds me of the hike on the Alps at the start of a summer morning. I lived close to Munich Germany about 2 years as part of my job. The company I was doing consulting work for owned a small "hut" close to the base of the Austrian Alps. I was invited to join a group of about 14 company workers and spouses/friends to spend a night at the "hut" and hike up the Alps early the next morning. We got ourselves ready to hike the mountain early in the cool morning and as we were about to leave the hut, somebody said "let's go out into the wild", but something didn't seem right to me. I said "Hey! Shouldn't we be carrying a gun or at least a couple of knives to protect ourselves from Bears, Wolves, Mountain Lions, etc.?" Everybody laughed and responded with "Don't be silly. We took care of that centuries ago".

[@TheMkarr]

My son & I saw one about 20 years ago in N Co. We both know birds well. Both of us Biologist. It is our memory & we need not guess. We know. Still do. I call them "Ghost Bird". Life changing for us both as in the 90's, we almost owned an entire mountain back then. They are here & it is worth crying for. I pray your time comes to be silenced in a moment. We believe it was the beginning of Pine Beetle problems that have killed millions of trees in the last 20 years.

[@dogtoddy]

Did you say Colorado?

[@davidwood2387]

60 minutes is not the show it used to be for me . I like the hard questions that they used to ask . Investigations they used to do.

[@Mars-77]

I have one living near me, the first time I saw it I said to myself, wow I've never heard a woodpecker sound like that. I had no idea it was extinct. I'll share some photos if I see it again.

[@kathymyers7279]

My husband saw one in 87 in East Texas, Marshall. He will never forget it. He says it was huge!

[@Jeff-bz6jp]

Maybe they're extinct, maybe not. I don't know. But, if you go out and find you a spot in the woods, get comfortable and sit really still and quiet for a spell, you'll definitely come away with something. Piece of mind or a bird sighting you've never seen before. Try it.

[@JJ-fk9ee]

Well without seeing the bird, it’s kinda hard to believe other people’s stories…..the bird should be just as visible as the bald eagle and hawks flying over the Grand Canyon

[@philgiglio7922]

This is one of 3 birds I never thought I would see in the wild...bald eagle, ivory bill, and whooping crane. I've seen the first and the last. I'd been hearing what I thought were sandhills until I saw them...a real thrill

[@markfrost2707]

I live in Ellensburg Washinton and there are bald eagles all over the trees on the outskirts of town. More than seeing and taking their pictures--I found a 14" primary flight feather from a bald eagle. THAT'S the rarity. Forestry officers never find them...thing is?? It is ILLEGAL for me to have it :/

[@elizabethwightman4700]

Bird Watching! What a truly Righteous Investment of free Time! Right On Sir in keeping the Lid on that venue!🥰👏🏼🇺🇸🙏🏻

[@Baseballnfj]

Well... there are bald eagles and cranes all over the place. If they are still alive there's not more than 30 Ivory Bills

[@dogguy8603]

@@markfrost2707 anything from a bird of prey is illegal to have, but for you most likely a wildlife officer would just confiscate it as its not out of malice

[@hardluckclub7271]

live in washington state, puget sound region. bald eagles are almost a every day sighting where i live. when i was little in the 70s and 80s it was a rare treat to see one. last week saw one eating a dead cat in a baseball field in the middle of town surrounded by 20 crows. 😂

[@JamesRichardWiley]

It was a mistaken sighting of a different woodpecker.

[@larsonfamilyhouse]

That footage from 1935 is just amazingly! I wonder if there’s a collection of all the birds they filmed along with the audio recordings?

[@paulbrown1585]

Thank Goodness for Cornell's efforts to provide an excellent photo and sound of this great bird.

[@aidanrodriguez4372]

It’s a year later but it’s all viewable on the cornell all about birds website

[@blakespower]

so not much data since this story was reported i 2005, why arent there any more CLEAR photos?

[@dogtoddy]

Because it's extinct.

[@christopherdale7017]

I like these stories,It renews my faith in Conversation,🙏God bless the people who do these things.

[@toddmccowen8206]

sure

[@Amos_Lee]

People don’t know just how beautiful parts of the southern United States is

[@lady4recovery]

I do I live there now

[@sharonmcqueentorres2459]

I hope there’s a male n female who make tons of babies. Beautiful video. Thank you

[@thingsofsuch]

This video was from 2005. However, the reason it was posted is that this week in 2021 the US Wildlife Administration declared this bird extinct. So not liKELY ANY babies any ever again.

[@mamapetillo8675]

@@thingsofsuch I was gonna say something, but I didn’t have the heart.

[@wildsouth2471]

The imperial woodpecker of Mexico was even larger (largest woodpecker in the world) and is also thought to be extinct. The Carolina parakeet was also a really cool bird native to the US which is now extinct. There have been sightings of IBW here in Mississippi where I live.

[@philgiglio7922]

Isn't the imperial a native of Cuba also?

[@DanielHHurt]

PASSENGER PIGEON ---- Most abundant critter ever in North America. Billions once graced our skies....hunted and shot into extinction. Daniel

[@billiegreen3713]

When I lived in Middleboro Ky. My neighbor had a huge woodpecker that was pecking on her house. I'm not sure how she got rid of it but it was like a foot long it scared us. I guess I moved before I found out what happened to it. But it sounded just like this one. I also saw a bobcat running around and a bear. I loved living there...

[@apiii73]

I have seen a few pileated woodpeckers and I was very impressed!!

[@jennifermarkens1882]

It is wonderful that these devoted birdwatchers were buzzed by the bird of their dreams: maybe, somehow, the birds know in some spiritual way.

[@brendawatkins5751]

JUST WOW, A BEAUTIFUL BIRD THAT BRINGS A TEAR TO YOU'RE EYES,A WOODPECKER AND AMERICA'S BALD EAGLE❤❤❤❤❤❤.

[@Detcaligirl]

I have always loved watching the birds everywhere I go 😍

[@mirandadonovan1272]

I saw one in Louisiana in the Atchafalaya Basin, in the late 70's but nobody believed me because I just described it as a giant woodpecker, since I didn't know what it was.

[@bconsilio3764]

I believe you, Miranda!

[@GodzillaKaijuGK]

I believe that story

[@Ryanboy2020]

Very sad...our blind destruction of a species to fill our need to expand and build infrastructure is disgusting and continuous to this day.

[@GoBobot]

The need to expand is connected to how many people are born, live to adulthood and have kids of their own. "Greedy" corporations would not spend any resources to "destroy the environment" if no one is buying their goods & services. So if you're one to advocate for more than 1-2 kids per 2 parents then you're party to the "destruction of a species".

[@adriannasmiths8262]

Help the Monarch Butterfly. Plant Milkweed !!

[@Ryanboy2020]

@@adriannasmiths8262 Ya I planted a lot of milkweed this summer. I heard the bees like it as well.

[@NathanShepard]

We do this everyday. And still to this very day, we destroy more. we are a needless species, the world would be better off without us.

[@markothwriter]

it's horrible what Biden is doing on infrastructure. he should be replaced.

[@kendallkahl8725]

I was with the Shriner Circus and we played in a baseball field that was carved out of those bottom lands. No joke when we arrived a skunk ape ran in to the trees. Whatever it was all the animals went totally crazy and even the next day many of them refused to come out and preform. Anything is possible in those primeval swamps. We asked the locals and they said a couple of months back one had scared a troop of camping boy scouts.

[@sharksport01]

Whats a skunk ape?

[@lesaber251]

@@sharksport01 Florida Bigfoot.

[@BallardBaller]

we need more news stories like this... please!!!!!

[@kfiscal01]

It's out there, people who have them on their lands are extremely protective of them.

[@bammersmith5993]

I remember seeing these birds when I went squirrel hunting with my grandpa.that was in the early 70s.that was in southern Illinois I saw more than one.i know when I saw one on the side of a tree hitting the tree with it's beak faster than a normal woodpecker.it was over a foot tall and looked just like the one shown here.

[@soniatriana9091]

We need to learn from mistakes, as consumers & and as human beings, who also live & share this earth with so many incredible animals in nature! They all have a purpose & a right to live! Let’s become more considerate of all living creatures! Great video!!

[@rubiks6]

Do the animals that are eaten by leopards and foxes and eagles and crocodiles have a right to live? Where do you draw the line? What does "considerate" mean? Vague statements and emotions accomplish nothing. Do the insects eaten by woodpeckers have a right to live?

[@soilsenasuil]

@@rubiks6 hunting for food is one thing… destroying a species because you like to put feathers in your hat is disgusting…

[@rubiks6]

@@soilsenasuil - Don't you believe in evolution and millions of years and survival of the fittest? You should be celebrating every extinction of a species.

[@jrnfw4060]

@@soilsenasuil The feathers of the Maribou Stork used to be very popular for ladies' hats in the nineteenth century. It was a group of forward thinking women who eventually got that practice stopped, because they saw the senselessness in it.

[@GGiblet]

I'm keeping hope alive for this gorgeous bird! Never give up🌈

[@DismantleHAARP]

Never back down

[@marvymarier8988]

First the Tasmanian wolf and now this . It's a shame . Such a beautiful bird . (And many other species too )

[@Jamestele1]

Thank God there are some people who care about this planet. Peace

[@Hinata.Sakaguchi]

What happened to them is very tragic like on what happened to Dodo

[@pick2568]

In 1980 my parents built a home in the Southern Middle Tennessee area. We had an Ivory billed woodpecker that would always be in the trees with the pileated woodpeckers. Didn't realize at the time how rare a site.

[@pick2568]

I literally could watch this bird from my bedroom window.

[@normangrubb2210]

You're wrong, sorry

[@nidialuccioni4476]

It’s So Beautiful The Woodpecker

[@johnwells9089]

It's not about a bird, it's about hope.

[@greghawkins2712]

Perhaps the only good thing I have watched lately! Super awesome

[@thomasdecarlo8543]

Amazing how so many so quickly and easily and ignorantly destroy our world and so few work so hard, so diligent,y, so passionately and patiently to try and protect it and restore it. Here is to the underdog …kudos to you

[@versag3776]

I think I saw one of these in Missouri at my Parents house they live on 10 acres and have put increasingly complex bird feeders out daily for the last 15 years. My Dad loves watching the birds and seeing which ones figure out the new feeders.

[@lynnspillane8651]

This was great to see! I really hope these woodpeckers are alive!🙏❤️

[@lelandthomosoniii4743]

Not obsessed but respectful of the mother earth and its creatures thumbs down

[@lelandthomosoniii4743]

You made my day my grandfather was a bird watcher and he loved he'd spend hours out there admiring them and if there's 50 million and it's the fastest growing sport I think I'll become a sportsman

[@mydogsasleep2774]

Lord god hearing him do that bird call in the interview made me laugh

[@scrabbleking1965]

COME ON!!! Science requires more than a few grainy frames of a massive blown up video image. According to wikipedia the size difference between a pileated woodpecker and ivory bill is so small it is almost negligible, a few ounces of body weight and wingspan of 2 more inches....Let me just say I am FAR FROM convinced. Reading the comments it is clear MANY people "see" the ivory bill FAR from areas it was native to, LOL!!!

[@michaelinhouston9086]

If it still existed, with all of those people looking, more of them would have been found and there would be good pictures.

[@paulbrasier372]

And last week once again it was placed on the list of Extinct breeds. I still belive they are out there.

[@RichRich1955]

There's a point where the population of a species gets so rare that the population will disappear.

[@bobbysnow5478]

Yes same deal with condors, in North America..if we weren’t feeding them..there’d be lower numbers..

[@jessidavies3344]

Absolutely incredible, Insperational and Historical documentary Thank You magnificent!

[@stephenbrand5661]

And now it's considered "definitely or probably extinct" again by the American Birding Association!! 😫

[@AllIsWellaus]

I've seen stories, many conversation and stories addressing. There was a comment made here, totally innocent which made me think. Why don't we see more stories addressing the First Nations experience? Why?

[@banetrstenik85]

Let's hope for the best and amazing news soon 🍀Greetings and best wishes from Serbia

[@mrp1924]

With profound sadness and regret 23 species including the Ivory billed Woodpecker has been declared extinct 💔

[@NathanShepard]

with many more on the way.

[@WhistlesToAnimals]

Sadness to educated and decent people, but most people wouldn't care. I see people trying to run over wild animals, not as rare as I thought. Most people would have the planet destroyed after they are gone, if they could get a cheap sum of money. Just think of all the pro pollution people and climate change deniers. Most people like animals that they can pet or get attention from, or use to get attention from a social media site.

[@mrp1924]

@@WhistlesToAnimals plus some people inhumanely trap animals for fur, whens the last time you seen someone wearing a fur coat?

[@WhistlesToAnimals]

@@mrp1924 I actually try to avoid humans, not talk to them around here or look at them much. I myself don't buy leather, and that comes from the same place: them.

[@mrp1924]

@@WhistlesToAnimals absolutely right I don’t think people realize that, I’m willing to wager since the pandemic, the slaughtering of innocent animals hasn’t skipped a beat.

[@baileystack1486]

With the average life span of a woodpecker being 5-10 years, there has to more than one in order for a IB to be sighted in the Big Wood. Pairs would have to have been mating for decades. New pairs every few years. In order for a single bird to exist in the Big Wood means that dozens would have to have lived. IMO they would have been many more sighting over the decades. I’m skeptical, just like Big Foot this makes no sense and is just another way to raise money and be exploitative.

[@davidblack7528]

Same thing happened to the Imperial woodpecker of Mexico. Man can't seem to just watch a bird.

[@jimmyzbike]

Thanks for reuploading this. Be nice for an actual update though

[@dogtoddy]

Right after the "rediscovery" in 2004, millions of dollars were spent to preserve habitat in Arkansas and then they did an extensive search and found nothing. Then came two more decades of nothing in Arkansas. There are more recent claims in Louisiana, but they are BS. In reality, the 2004 Arkansas "rediscovery" was BS too.

[@susanfarley1332]

I saw the ivory billed woodpecker when I was. A kid. When I saw it I didn't know what it was so as soon as I got back to the house I got a birds of america book and found that I had seen an ivory billed woodpecker. The bill is a dead giveaway. That was one big bird. Happened about 50 years ago in Jax FL.

[@susanfarley1332]

@Agian Andagian that is spelled "pileated". And their beaks are greyish in color. The huge woodpecker I saw had creamy ivory color, much lighter. I looked it up in the bird book as soon as I got home and it was the only one that matched what I saw. The pileated woodpecker has more black on it than what I saw. I got an excellent look at it because it was about 15 feet away in the tree I was sitting under.

[@aquariusmoon771]

So heart breaking.

[@jamesclark9347]

I get emotional sometimes, and unlike my macho friends who think it is a weak and flawed mannerism. I don't think so. We humans are all born with individual characteristics. Shedding a tear is not anything to be ashamed of. Further, it is not a weakness.i see it a a passionate very deep expression of reverence. We are a pitiful bunch of people who have been doing a lot of these atrocities.

[@zeldasmith6154]

You are completely right and the matcho mentality is killing the past, the present and the future.

[@davidlowen7802]

Twitchers can do so much damage disturbing birds!

[@Automedon2]

At one time turkeys and deer had all but been wiped out in New England by hunters. At one time 75% of New England had been deforested but the woods reclaimed the abandoned farms and the forest is back. In the late 1800s a single turkey was sighted near Greenfield, MA. Today they are everywhere. If it were not for hunting seasons, I'm sure the hunters would be out every weekend clearing the forests. The list of bird species that have been shot for sport and fashion to near extinction is a long one. There are areas where crows no longer flock because the knowledge of hunters has been passed down through generations of birds. Just maybe the woodpeckers have found an enclave where no one goes and avoid humans completely. Perhaps, in that 500,000 acres there is an area impenetrable to men and their guns.

[@davida.4933]

You have it entirely backward. Hunters are the reason turkeys and other huntable species came back - their license dollars pays for enforcement of game laws, reintroduction of turkeys, etc.and protection of habitat. Hunters and fishermen/women are the true conservationists. Arguably the best thing about hunting is it's the virtual opposite of commercial agriculture - the real killer of the world's wild spaces. And it is commercial agriculture that is also killing our oceans thru siltation and nitrification. If you have the bandwidth, you might try some of Paul Shepard's books, such as Nature and Madness. Few people have this deep knowledge...

[@Automedon2]

@@davida.4933 The absence of hunters always results in increased populations, just as when fish populations collapse because of over fishing (by trawlers who pay big license fees) and only begin to rebound when fishing ceases. I agree that commercial farming and factory farming is a travesty but with the world's appetite for meat, the entire animal population would disappear in a year if everyone ate wild animals. You only have to look at what eating bush meat has done to Africa's animals. What hunters in the US eat in a year is less than a single day's production of farmed animals.. The protection of America's wildlife should be (and is, but can be increased) and not rely on providing sport for hunters - most of which, to look at them, could use a reduction in calories anyway. And, by the way, non hunters give a lot more money towards conservation than what hunting fees generate. God/nature 'managed' the world and animal populations for a million years before humans ever set foot on the planet. The more humans think they can do a better job, the more of a disaster it becomes

[@WindTurbineSyndrome]

Wild turkey were repopulated massachusetts by stock from my state and now are quite common.

[@marcgaglione5192]

That's absolutely genuine footage.

[@dogtoddy]

And it clearly has wings. It's definitely some kind of bird.

[@silviavoss6411]

Hope the day comes when humans wake up and realize that a live left in tact animal is so phenomenal and special that the need to take its feathers or fur for vanity ends and they are appreciated as is!

[@mireyahernandez1605]

Where I live, there's a woodpecker that I take video of every now and then. I love wild life. I was just watching the video

[@aaarod75]

I saw one of these in new caney tx.it was the largest woodpecker ive ever seen. I was asleep in my tent and heard a banging noise. I thought someone was chopping wood. When i pooked out i saw a huge woodpecker banging on the bottom of a tree. It was this same one. Didnt know it was extinct. My kids and wife saw it also. I saw it about 10 years ago

[@suzanner8360]

Was probably a pileated woodpecker not this they look similar and are similar in size.

[@aaarod75]

@@suzanner8360 no it was this one. I remember very well.

[@Meli_Mels]

That's amazing @arod. I do hope you reported it to the folks at Cornell University. Apparently they will take your insights and search for it. Wouldn't it be amazing if they found another habitat? Your experience may just do the entire country a favor and advance scientific knowledge.

[@Baseballnfj]

If it was on the bottom of the tree it's not an ivory bill.

[@Baseballnfj]

@@aaarod75 no.... no you don't. If they are still alive there's like 20 of them. You DID NOT see one.

[@wayneanderson8034]

Imagine the Pileated Woodpecker is declared extinct. Within 24 hours, hundreds of hi def videos would fill the web as proof of its existence. Not hazy, almost photos or questionable audio. These birds are too large to hide. The same is true of the Ivory, there is no where it can be that someone doesn't see it. We would have ample clear, focused, indisputable video if there were even a single bird left. The Ivory billed woodpecker is extinct.

[@aerostaraircraftsanctuary604]

Awesome! Hopefully they live long, multiply and prosper.

[@RPGHouseFabricator]

I saw one of these on 4/11/2017. I wrote about it in my journal because I thought it was a god. It was huge, and appeared at a major transition point in my life. It was on the side of a tree and was about 2-1/2 feet high from the top of its head to the tail. I will never forget the striking red color of its head.

[@GodzillaKaijuGK]

I doubt you saw it. Where did you see it?

[@RPGHouseFabricator]

@@GodzillaKaijuGK Montana

[@GodzillaKaijuGK]

@@RPGHouseFabricator They dont live in the north though

[@RPGHouseFabricator]

@@GodzillaKaijuGK Any suggestions as to what it was? The thing was huge.

[@GodzillaKaijuGK]

@@RPGHouseFabricator Pileated Woodpecker

[@onion6foot]

It is REALLY hard to get a glimpse of the pileated. They seem to have an ability to evade your view....always rounding to the opposite side of a tree. So, perhaps the Ivory Bill survives by an ability to evade man.

[@sparky6086]

I see plenty of Pileated Woodpeckers at my place in central Alabama. They're big, and they used to break my cabin windows, until I figured out, that I needed to keep my blinds closed, so the woodpeckers couldn't see inside. I found out, that if they can't see through a window, they won't peck through it. The Pileated Woodpecker makes a Hollywood "jungle movie wildlife sound", but the ivory billed woodpecker sounds like a kazoo. They are very similar looking, but supposidly, they aren't closely related genetically to each other. I always keep my eyes and ears open for an Ivory Billed Woodpecker, because my place is near Peckerwood Creek, "Peckerwood" being the old way of saying Woodpecker. It was originally named "Ochucola" by the Creek native tribe which was translated to "Peckerwood" on maps around 1900. Funny, most creeks around here are still on the map as their native untranslated names, but the one which in English, is a pejorative for a white person of low character, is the one which was translated to English on the map! I'm afraid, that I don't have much hope of seeing an Ivory Billed Woodpeckers around here, because they need 5 miles of contiguous forest for each mating pair. Two birds every 5 miles is such a low density, that it's no wonder, that they're probably extinct. There just aren't many stretches of woods, that big around here anymore. It's no problem for the Pileated Woodpecker though, as they seem to have no such restriction on their range.

[@onion6foot]

@@sparky6086 That's surprising and interesting about their genetic unsimilarity. So someone must have some stored Ivory Bill DNA? I agree about the crazy jungle sound made by the pileated. I love to hear it. But at the rate the greedy politicians and developers are paving and destroying all the land....the pileated will also become extinct, along with integrity.

[@peghead]

I watched a Pileated drink water along the lake I was fishing in my little boat. He didn't linger, a couple of sips and he lit outta there. They are very wary. That's the second sighting this year.

[@KKIcons]

@@sparky6086 keep looking because sometimes the ivory bills are in the same range as Pileated. And there are starting to be some sightings where they are closer to roads and and stuff, as long as the trees are right and as long as there's a big area nearby of unspoiled land in their regular range. Like we are connected by rivers and creeks to the big thicket, so I keep my eyes and ears out.

[@jrnfw4060]

I once saw a Pileated just a few yards away when I was working in my garden. It was pecking HUGE holes in our dying Cedar tree at the edge of our natural forest. Pileateds are very shy, and they'll take off the moment they see you. I've never seen one at any of my bird feeders, although I see other woodpeckers there all of the time. One of their calls is very similar to that of the Northern Flicker, but rougher.

[@dianawoods6991]

That's cool! 👍 The Native Americans told people not to disturb the ecosystem centuries ago but money supersedes even humans.

[@tinam4326]

I hope one day he does I’ll say a prayer for him and the bird

[@nickbarcheck1019]

I love 60 Minutes.

[@adriannasmiths8262]

Help the Monarch Butterfly. Plant Milkweed !!

[@deesandman3992]

Thank God those men had remained silent to tell that poor bird would have been hunted from its nest. Just leave it alone....

[@charlesboswell4881]

I hope father God's bird is still on this Earth

[@Praise___YaH]

HERE is Our Savior YaH The Heavenly FATHER HIMSELF was Who they Crucified for our sins and “HERE IS THE PROOF” From the Ancient Semitic Scroll: "Yad He Vav He" is what Moses wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3) Ancient Semitic Direct Translation Yad - "Behold The Hand" He - "Behold the Breath" Vav - "Behold The NAIL"

[@grcleve7053]

It is.

[@BroMark1611]

Been feeding wild birds over 10 years now and I've only seen 2 species of woodpeckers which are my favorites. I've never even seen a Pileated. This was a great video.

[@gertrudewest4535]

Keep your cats inside, please.

[@crotalusatrox7931]

The Ivory-billed Woodpecker, Campephilus principalis was/is the largest woodpecker in North America and has been thought to have been extinct since the 1940's when last seen in the bottomland hardwoods along the Mississippi River in Tensas Parish, Louisiana. Back in 79-81 I spent 3 years working on my Master degree in Botany on the Flora of Tensas Parish. As both Botanist and Zoologist I was always looking for this bird, alas I've never seen it. I've lived in it's known range all my life and currently live in the Ouachita Mts, of SE Okahoma, but no sign. Drycopus pileatus, the Pileated Woodpecker is a frequently spotted bird but there is no confusing the two. I will always continue to look out for this species as its extant status instead of its extinct status would be a gift to the world. Good luck to Cornell and associates, hoping you can get solid confirmation, that video and audio was very convincing.

[@crotalusatrox7931]

@@GAVACHO5150 I'm sure you're right, and as for a rather large woodpecker around a bird feeder that would probably be a flicker. No, people aren't seeing the ivory-billed as they are a heavy woodland species that if still in existence are as rare as they come.

[@jfredmuggs56]

I saw 2 Ivory-billed woodpeckers, in a small swamp, along a creek, in Mississippi, in 1973. I saw them at a distance of less than 50 feet. Being familiar with pileated woodpeckers, we call them Indian Hens, I knew that these two were something different. It was several years later, when I saw the presumed extinct birds in a book, that I knew I had seen living examples.

[@carolrice5127]

I heard they can still be found in the mountain forests of Cuba 🇨🇺

[@michaelinhouston9086]

They are very closely related.

[@edrooks]

This is great news. I hope they are putting out nest boxes to increase the birds nesting options. Wouldn't it be great to bring this species back from the brink? Wow!

[@dogtoddy]

This story was misleading. There isn't any good evidence that is existed in the United States after the 1940's.

[@brianhand4301]

We have had two on our property this summer in Ks! Very large, noisy birds! There was just one. He left for awhile then came back with a partner. We herd them in the woods behind us last night. They love our pecans, or the bugs in them, lol! The first I seen them I thought they were crows getting vertical in the trees, then that red cap really sticks out just like thae loud call they have, lol! Very honored to have them here, on the eastern side of Cowley County in Ks!

[@Baseballnfj]

No.... no you didn't

[@jrnfw4060]

If you have two of them on your property, does one have a black crest and the other a red crest? If both have red crests, they aren't Ivory-Bills. They are Pileateds. The male Ivory Bill is the only one with the red crest. The female's is black.