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Everything I need to know about life, I learned from Noah's Ark...

1 - Don't miss the boat.

2 - Remember that we are all in the same boat.

3 - Plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark.

4 - Stay fit. When you're 600 years old, someone may ask you to do something really big.

5 - Don't listen to critics; just get on with the job that needs to be done.

6 - Build your future on high ground.

7 - For safety sake, travel in pairs.

8 - Speed isn't always an advantage. The snails were on board with the cheetahs.

9 - When you're stressed, float a while.

10 - Remember the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic by professionals.

11 - No matter the storm, when you are with God, there's always a rainbow waiting.

Never really thought about that...very clever. I like that a lot.

Very good brother. I especially like #11

No matter the storm, when you are with God, there's always a rainbow waiting.

12 - Never, ever, argue with God.

Great Beeps, I love number 10!!

Though I was expecting something about woodpeckers.

You knew, I had to do this. ;D

Grace and peace, unto you.
Bob

Woodpecker Thought Extinct Rediscovered

By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, Associated Press Writer 35 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - The ivory-billed woodpecker, once prized for its plumage and sought by American Indians as magical, was thought to be extinct for years. Now it's been sighted again and conservationists are exulting.
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The striking bird, last seen in 1944, has been rediscovered in the Big Woods area of Arkansas, scientists and conservationists reported Thursday.

"This is thrilling beyond words ... after 60 years of fading hope that we would ever see this spectacular bird again," John W. Fitzpatrick, director of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, said at a news conference.

Since early 2004 there have been several independent sightings, including one caught on videotape, of one or more of the birds, Fitzpatrick said.

That video of the bird's 3-foot wingspan and distinctive black-and-white markings confirmed the presence of the creature that seemed to have vanished after logging destroyed its habitat.

The discovery of living examples of an animal believed to be extinct is rare, said Tess Present, director of science at the National Audubon Society. "Wow," she said. "This is tremendous."

Interior Secretary Gale Norton said, "Second chances to save wildlife once thought to be extinct are rare. ... We will take advantage of this opportunity."

Norton and Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns promised millions of dollars in federal assistance to work with the state and local residents to protect this bird.

"Don't love this bird to death," Norton added, saying there has not been time to make plans for public access to view the bird.

Fitzpatrick's report was released by the American
Association for the Advancement of Science, which is publishing the study in the journal Science, and also announced by the Nature Conservancy.

Alan Wormington of Ontario, Canada, said the discovery brought tears to his eyes. Wormington was part of a group that spent a month unsuccessfully trying to confirm reports of ivory billed woodpeckers in Louisiana in 2002.

"The implications are staggering," he said.

The ivory-billed woodpecker, one of the largest such birds in the world, is one of six North American bird species thought to have become extinct since 1880. The bird ranged widely across the southeastern United States at one time.

Once sought by Indians who believed that its bill possessed magical powers, the bird also was hunted for its feathers so they could adorn women's hats. Loss of habitat was its main threat, however.

The ivory bill — sometimes called the white-back, pearly bill, poule de bois and even Lord God bird — was known for the two-note rap of its bill as it ripped into tree bark in search of edible grubs and beetle larvae.

Fitzpatrick said it became known as the Lord God bird because people seeing it would exclaim "Lord God, look at that bird."

He said the researchers reported a similar reaction when they spotted it from a canoe last year. The woodpecker suddenly swooped in front and might even have landed on the canoe, but they all suddenly shouted: "Ivory bill!"

There have been anecdotal reports of the birds, but the last conclusive sighting in continental North America was in 1944, in northern Louisiana. A subspecies of the bird has been reported in Cuba.

With a 3-foot wingspan, the bird is larger than a pileated woodpecker, which is similar in appearance. Indeed, one of the researchers termed it a pileated woodpecker on steroids.

The Nature Conservancy, which has protected a large segment of land in Arkansas where the bird was spotted, reported that the first sighting came on Feb. 11, 2004, by Gene Sparling of Hot Springs, Ark.

Tim Gallagher of Cornell and Bobby Harrison of Oakwood College in Huntsville, Ala., then went to the area with Sparling and also saw the bird. Other sightings followed, including one on April 25, 2004, in which David Luneau of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock videotaped the bird taking off from the trunk of a tree.


The Ivory-billed Woodpecker (http://dailynews.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050428/ap_on_sc/woodpecker_found;_ylt=As8S5hZZVI34GMOF19w0hWqs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2aWxpajE2BHNlYwNzYw--)

Just goes to show, what God can do.
Bob

edited to fix, the link

 ;D  That is one big woodpecker, and I bet he could peck a hole in your boat pretty quick. So, what did Noah do with the woodpeckers on the ark? Remember, duck tape was not invented at the time.   :D

what did Noah God do with the woodpeckers on the ark

He-he-he-he - PR you are a riot!  I guess that's yet another question we have the privilege of asking Him someday, huh?

Woodpeckers like rotten wood, don't they?
The ark was built of a very resinous wood, according to people who think they have all the answers. It probably wouldn't have decayed very fast, and it might have had a repelling smell. But then, why do we have moths?

Hello Willowbirch,

 :D  Sister, I'll bite - why do we have moths?  While you're explaining, could we add mosquitoes? I'm not a woodpecker expert, nor have I consulted a woodpecker expert, but the last woodpecker I had in my yard worked on a live tree for over a month. Maybe he was a mad or deranged woodpecker - who knows? I would have thought about consulting with a woodpecker expert at the time, but he's gone now. Just in case he comes back, could you refer me to a woodpecker expert who doesn't charge much?  :D