Some searchers still expect to see rare woodpecker

June 24th, 2008 By PEGGY HARRIS , Associated Press Writer Some searchers still expect to see rare woodpecker

In this May 28, 2008, photo, a sign asking patrons of the Dagmar Wildlife Management Area to watch for ivory-billed woodpeckers is displayed near Brinkley, Ark. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

(AP) -- For the last three years, researchers in camouflage and waders have slogged through the east Arkansas woods hoping to spot a rare bird that so far seems unwilling to be seen.



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