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Nature 437, 188-190 (8 September 2005) | doi:10.1038/437188a; Published online 7 September 2005

Ornithology: A wing and a prayer

Rex Dalton1

  1. Rex Dalton is Nature's US west coast correspondent.
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Sightings of the ivory-billed woodpecker, a bird believed extinct for 50 years, have fired the public's imagination. But is it really alive? Rex Dalton joins the team trying to save this elusive bird.

The Big Woods in Arkansas is not a good place to be on a hot summer day. The swampy forest is thick with mud, poison ivy and snakes.

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