I've been doing my "2003 spring cleaning" for six years now...
Oh, and by the way: yesterday I contacted the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about that rumor, both in the faint hope that it -might- be true and, if not, then to give them a heads up about the sites. They actually contacted me back, both in email and by phone to confirm that, yes, it was a very unfunny hoax. We had a nice chat and they were very apologetic (though I assured them that I never considered them at fault!) and sympathetic. Very classy organization: I respect them all the more for their response. Too bad: I got really excited for a moment. Maybe they will have real success tracking down an ivory-billed woodpecker.
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Date: 2009-04-02 08:36 pm (UTC)Oh, and by the way: yesterday I contacted the Cornell Lab of Ornithology about that rumor, both in the faint hope that it -might- be true and, if not, then to give them a heads up about the sites. They actually contacted me back, both in email and by phone to confirm that, yes, it was a very unfunny hoax. We had a nice chat and they were very apologetic (though I assured them that I never considered them at fault!) and sympathetic. Very classy organization: I respect them all the more for their response. Too bad: I got really excited for a moment. Maybe they will have real success tracking down an ivory-billed woodpecker.