National Aviary researchers submit drone footage to make case for ivory-billed woodpecker’s existence

Researchers from the National Aviary in Pittsburgh’s North Side are among a group of experts who presented new evidence to prevent the federal government from declaring the ivory-billed woodpecker as extinct. Read more about it in Triblive, Aug. 12, 2022.

National Aviary team insists Ivory-Billed Woodpecker is not extinct: National Aviary researcher Steven Latta is part of a research team documenting what they believe is proof of the existence of the Holy Grail of birds, the ivory-billed woodpecker. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has not yet declared the bird extinct and Latta’s research work is among other information that the agency is considering. Read more about it in TribLive, May 5, 2022.