"The Thing with Feathers"

After reading this article, my impression was different than the blog leader. There were no pictures of the majestic creature, or any video that was not fuzzy showing the existence of the sought after prize.  I felt like the accounts by Sparling provided little evidence in the existence of the ivory bill, and beyond that there is much to be gained by the community in which the supposed sightings occurred. The sightings happened in a poor part of the delta that has much to hope for. I don't blame the community, i'm just saying that they need change and this is an opportunity that they may be embracing. The way that Sparling describes himself made me feel like he may be someone that is trying to live out a fantasy that he has had in finding the rare specimen. 

 There was also money donated and land bought for the use of conservation, so whether or not the bird was actually sighted is not a huge issue to me. If there was much to be gained by future generations of animals in my community I may even be swayed to say that I spotted an animal that I didn't. I would be tempted to do this in hopes that my decision was for the greater good. With that being said, I respect the fact that there is now land being set aside for future generations of animals. I sincerely hope that I am misinterpreting the article and the ivory bill is elusiveness has kept the breed alive.