R.I.P. Po'ouli Bird (maybe) - Beyond Tiki

T TikiGardener Member 1st website dedicated to Tiki Gardens Joined: Mar 24, 2002 Posts: 1368	T TikiGardener Posted posted on Tue, Nov 30, 2004 10:42 PM http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&ncid=753&e=10&u=/ap/20041201/ap_on_sc/rare_bird HONOLULU - One of the rarest birds on Earth came closer to being wiped out — if not already extinct — with the death of one of the last three believed to exist, officials said...
Z ZebraTiki Member Enchanted Bay Area, CA Joined: Aug 01, 2004 Posts: 530	Z ZebraTiki Posted posted on Tue, Nov 30, 2004 11:36 PM Thanks for posting that article. At least there's the tiny glimmer of hope that the other two remaining may be evading danger since they weren't discovered until the 70's. It seems like people don't care as much about a drab colored bird going extinct, but if it's a spectacularly colored bird, they want to capture it, as in the case of Spix's macaw, a bright blue species. I wonder if people will have random undocumentable sightings of the remaining two birds near April Fool's Day, like Ivory Billed Woodpeckers?

Thanks for posting that article.
At least there's the tiny glimmer of hope that the other two remaining may be evading danger since they weren't discovered until the 70's. It seems like people don't care as much about a drab colored bird going extinct, but if it's a spectacularly colored bird, they want to capture it, as in the case of Spix's macaw, a bright blue species.

I wonder if people will have random undocumentable sightings of the remaining two birds near April Fool's Day, like Ivory Billed Woodpeckers?