Naturalists, conservationists and bird watchers nationwide got some good news today.
A bird long thought to be extinct may still be with us.
And birders in New Hampshire see the news as a sign that something is working.
NHPR's Mark Bevis has more.
It's been called the Lord God Bird...and the Great Chieftain of the woodpecker tribe.
And for about 60 years it's been called extinct.
The last documented sighting of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker was in Louisiana in 1944.
Its loss is generally blamed on over-logging of the hardwood swamps of the southeast.
But after several confirmed sightings over the past year, it appears America's largest woodpecker is back is still with us.
And Doug Bechtel with the New Hampshire Chapter of the Nature Conservancy is very pleased.
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Doug Bechtel is the Director of Conservation Science with the New Hampshire Chapter of the Nature Conservancy.
The Conservancy has been playing a role over the past year in protecting the Ivory Billed Woodpeckers newly discovered habitat.
For NHPR News, this is Mark Bevis.
