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“Extinct” Woodpecker Flies Back From the Beyond

Scientific American [1]:

“Long believed extinct, the spectacular ivory-billed woodpecker has been spotted in eastern Arkansas’ Big Woods region, scientists say. The last confirmed sighting of the bird occurred in 1944. “

Kinda makes you wonder about the other species we’ve supposedly ‘endangered’ doesn’t it?