# 'Extinct' sea bird found after 80 years **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 8, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extinct-sea-bird-found-after-80-years/440537 "2008-03-08T00:09:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extinct-sea-bird-found-after-80-years/440537/1 "2008-03-08T00:09:59Z")
[The Beck’s petrel](http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23333570-5006506,00.html), not observed since the 1920s. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extinct-sea-bird-found-after-80-years/440537/2 "2008-03-08T00:56:53Z")
MMMmMMmm…! Them’s good eatin! ---
**Author:** ![PharmBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@PharmBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PharmBoy)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extinct-sea-bird-found-after-80-years/440537/3 "2008-03-08T01:13:00Z")
That is very cool. I hope to read a similar article soon about the ivory-billed woodpecker here in the U.S. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extinct-sea-bird-found-after-80-years/440537/4 "2008-03-08T15:52:03Z")
[QUOTE=PharmBoy] That is very cool. I hope to read a similar article soon about the ivory-billed woodpecker here in the U.S. [/QUOTE] Ask and ye shall receive! [http://www.auburn.edu/academic/science\_math/cosam/departments/biology/faculty/webpages/hill/ivorybill/](http://www.auburn.edu/academic/science_math/cosam/departments/biology/faculty/webpages/hill/ivorybill/) ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extinct-sea-bird-found-after-80-years/440537/5 "2008-03-08T16:56:49Z")
Yah, but the jury’s still out on that one. And actually, the Beck’s petrel was rediscovered back in [2006,](http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2006/06/becks_petrel.html) by someone different. This guy here is just the guy who headed an expedition to go follow up on that sighting. Plus this guy has actual pix, which nobody chasing the ivory-billed woodpecker in either Florida or Arkansas has, beyond the blurry Big Woods video. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2008, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extinct-sea-bird-found-after-80-years/440537/6 "2008-03-08T17:01:40Z")
[QUOTE=Duck Duck Goose] Yah, but the jury’s still out on that one. And actually, the Beck’s petrel was rediscovered back in [2006,](http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2006/06/becks_petrel.html) by someone different. This guy here is just the guy who headed an expedition to go follow up on that sighting. Plus this guy has actual pix, which nobody chasing the ivory-billed woodpecker in either Florida or Arkansas has, beyond the blurry Big Woods video. [/QUOTE] Which makes the Ivory-Bill only slightly more elusive than Bigfoot. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extinct-sea-bird-found-after-80-years/440537/7 "2008-03-09T00:46:34Z")
In related news, there’s a wolverine in the Sierra Nevadas years after it was thought to be gone from that region. [http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j3EON\_dSoEuegcjics9BBdZbV2qAD8V7SUV82](http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5j3EON_dSoEuegcjics9BBdZbV2qAD8V7SUV82) ---
**Author:** ![PharmBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@PharmBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PharmBoy)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2008, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extinct-sea-bird-found-after-80-years/440537/8 "2008-03-09T14:38:43Z")
[QUOTE=John Carter of Mars] Ask and ye shall receive! [http://www.auburn.edu/academic/science\_math/cosam/departments/biology/faculty/webpages/hill/ivorybill/](http://www.auburn.edu/academic/science_math/cosam/departments/biology/faculty/webpages/hill/ivorybill/) [/QUOTE] Sure, I’m familiar with this. However, the sighting is not conclusive.