Does the Ivory-billed woodpecker still exist? The Fort Worth Audubon Society and Fort Worth Nature Center present "Ghost Bird," a documentary film on Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 7 pm in Room 100, lower level of the University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd. in Fort Worth. The showing is free to the public.
The much-debated 2004 sightings of possible Ivory-billed woodpeckers, a species considered extinct for more than 60 years, caused a worldwide wildfire after the April 2005 announcement by government officials and scientists from Cornell Lab of Ornithology. "Ghost Bird" by Scott Croker presents the research from the murky swamps of East Arkansas, with a compilation of reactions by government officials, ornithologists, nature lovers and local townspeople.
The evidence remains controversial. Offering both sides of the spectrum, Croker manages to leave the ultimate answer to the individual viewer.
Clips and more information available at www.ghostbirdmovie.com.
For more information, contact Martin Mattingly, president of the Fort Worth Audubon Society, at 817.903.4407.
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