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A Woodpecker Lost and Found

The ivory-billed woodpecker, a bird thought to be extinct in the United States since 1944, has been rediscov-ered in eastern Arkansas. According to a report in the journal Science, sightings over the past two years--including a videotape from 2004--confirm the existence of at least one male ivorybill.

The bird is the largest woodpecker in the U.S. and has a wingspan of about three feet. The ivorybill began to disappear as loggers cut down forests between 1880 and the 1940s across the southeast. The rediscovery is a "chance to protect the future of this spectacular bird," says John Fitzpatrick, the report's author. On April 28, the U.S. announced a $10 million plan to protect the rare bird.

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