Now that I've got your attention....

In the Denver Museum of Natural History there is a skin of a female
Ivory-billed Woodpecker that was collected near Forest Park (St. Louis) on
May 8, 1886. At least that is the info that I have from "Birds of the St.
Louis Area..." If anybody has Robbins & Easterla at their fingertips and
that info is wrong, let me know.

Here are 2 photos:

http://artsci.wustl.edu/~rlkorote/photos/rlk_ivorybill.jpg
http://artsci.wustl.edu/~rlkorote/photos/rlk_ivorybill2.jpg

I obtained the photos from Dan Kassebaum (below). I'm a bit confused by
Dan's message because the skin in the photos above looks like that of a
female to me (no red malar stripe).

Randy Korotev
St. Louis

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>To: "'Randy Korotev'" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Forest Park Ivory-bill pics
>Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 10:32:29 -0500
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>Hi Randy,
>
>I acquired two photos of the skin of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker
>collected in Forest Park way back when. Al Seppi got them from Terry O'Neil
>who had photographed the bird at the Denver Museum of Natural History. The set
>of photos also included the skin of a female, but there was no indication
>as to where
>the female was collected. I suspect the Missouri Records Committee would
>have some
>interest in the photos. If the Committee would prefer the actual prints,
>they're welcome
>to have them.
>
>Dan Kassebaum

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