Posted something similar years ago. The idea there maybe a few around has always interested me. They probably died off years ago but there is always hope. Maybe hanging out with Bigfoot and Aliens. Think there are anyway Ivory Billeds around?

No. One would of shown up at someone's feeder by now.

Certainly more plausible to believe that a documented species still has a small remnant population holding out somewhere than it is to believe sasquatch is out there...

How vast are any southern wilderness areas? Are there pockets of wild ground that could hide them without some hunter or fisherman occasionally seeing one?

They have sopspably been seen in Pennsylvania in recent times. Don't know!!

[video:youtube]https://youtu.be/cjRwbf1N5DQ?[/video]

Yes....in the Okefenokee Swamp. Much of the Swamp's 700 square miles are inaccessible. Canoe trails that have been grown over since the early 1900s. Huge cypress forest and mature pine islands that will never be accessible......miles from the nearest maintained boat run.

In 2005, Cornell University found some evidence of Ivory Billed Woodpeckers in Arkansas, but I don't think there's been anything substantial found since, though a great many people have looked.

Keith

Thank you for the information, Swamp Wolf.

Is there a difference between an Ivory billed woodpecker and a pileated woodpecker? There are plenty of pileated ones around my place. They were on my suet feeders all winter.

Yes...IBWP is larger and has a much larger beak that is light-colored. Their feet are larger too.

Feather coloration is slightly different also.

Very Big difference shown in this Cornell university video