19th century southern farmers took to calling the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker the 'Lord God Bird' because of its unnerving majesty. Most serious bird people believe it has been extinct for 50 years. But, in 2005 a group of ornithologists made the claim they had seen one in Arkansas (the have a fuzzy inconclusive video to prove it). Despite throngs of amateur and professional bird-watchers canvassing the deep south, no such sightings have been made since. Skeptical experts doubt the bird sighting was legitimate and suspected a conspiracy. If indeed it was an actual sighting, some scientists have speculated that the single bird seen in 2005 was the very last Lord God Bird.
Oddly, he was last seen drawing a sword from the mouth of a fish.
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Ooh.
That's a good one, John.
everything is perfect. beautiful!
i like this a lot. it'd make a great band poster =)
I really like this one a lot, too.
I love the type. I bet you had fun with that one.
Has Sufjan seen this? Good stuff.
I think it did get sent to Sufjan.
I loved the song he wrote...
Nice folklore and natural beauty in this one. Great trees.
Would you be interested in trading blog links? I think our audiences overlap and that mine would enjoy your work too.
http://floatinglightbulb.blogspot.com/
You can let me know in a reply right here.
Best,
Ben
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