Search for ivory-billed woodpecker to begin anew

December 2nd, 2008 By PEGGY HARRIS , Associated Press Writer Search for ivory-billed woodpecker to begin anew (AP)

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In this May 28, 2008, file photo, a sign asking patrons of the Dagmar Wildlife Management Area to watch for ivory-billed woodpeckers is displayed near Brinkley, Ark. A scaled-back search for the bird believed to be extinct until a sighting four years ago, begins this week in the eastern Arkansas swamps. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)

(AP) -- Last year, Allan Mueller thinks he saw the elusive ivory-billed woodpecker. The wildlife biologist wants to make sure of it this winter.



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