Birds Everywhere at Bayou DeView

We were out in the swamp today and saw some really cool things. As we entered the swamp we heard ghostly echos of Barred Owl calls and the rolling machine gun sound of pileated woodpeckers. We saw a huge Cottonmouth resting on a log and took some great pictures. We saw several Prothonotary Warblers as we headed for our two camera traps. We got the first camera trap and then went for the second. We got to the last camera trap and a huge Barred Owl flew into a tree above us and just looked down on us. I took some pictures of it too and then a huge Pileated woodpecker flew off of a tree right next to us.

We've seen so many Pileated woodpeckers now that I can instantly tell that it isnt a IBWO in flight. We had 1,300 pictures on each of the cameras, and it took the better part of an hour to look over them all. I found some great pictures of Prothonotary Warblers on the camera traps and posted them below. No IBWOs in the camera trap pictures this time though.

Day in the swamp

We went out to the swamp today looking for the IBWO. We didn't see or hear it today, but we did plant 2 timelapse cameras in the area where we heard a possible double knock a few weeks ago. I took a few pictures of some snakes, a Prothonotary Warbler (wish it was a Bachman's), and a strange skink. We also saw a pileated woodpecker. A week from now we'll pick up the cameras and i'll write about what we have on them.

Introduction

The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker,previously thought to be extinct, was rediscovered in Arkansas in 2004. My dad and I first became involved in the search in the summer of 2009. Since then, we have seen one IBWO and we took a picture of the bird, but it was inconclusive. We have also heard it several times, including a potential double knock a couple of weeks ago. We will keep giving updates of our search every now and then.

Our first project as a corporation will be the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker, but eventually I would like the corporation to turn into a full-blown conservation entity, like WWF or Conservation International.