"The Thing With Feathers"

Even though as a person I am not very interested in birds or ornithology, I actually thought this article that I read by Wells tower was quite interesting and attention grabbing. The author really gets into his topic of the article which is the ivory billed Woodpecker by adding comedic qualities like humor and sarcasm. One example would be when he said " I thought, oh, shit. Here I am, a guy with no education, no formal training, saying he'd seen an ivory bill. I expected everybody to say, 'Sparling, you idiot, you moron, you're delusional'". I also thought this article was interesting because the author added a lot of detail to the writing whether it be to describe the birds appearance or how the trip went.

From reading tis article, I see the group had a lot of dedication in finding this woodpecker until  they actually found the bird. if I was put in their shoes and wanted to look for a species that was said to be extinct but rumors were that it has came back to life, I would do a pleather of research of what its habitat like, main food source, and areas it was originally found so I can answer the question if it existing once again or is just a hoax to fool the lover of the species or people ho are incredibly interested.

If I did find the species I would for sure report my findings whether people doubted me or not because finding a species that once was extinct and suddenly is not anymore is a big deal in my eyes. I would gather as much info and evidence as I possibly could though so people could do the same or to make some believe me either way I would know what I saw so it doesn't mtter if people believed if I found the creature or not.