EVERYBODY STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING: IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER IN TEXAS

Listen, everyone, this is big news.  Noonday, Texas resident and frequent The Learning Channel viewer David Gabbard has found a pair of Ivory-billed Woodpeckers in his neighborhood.  ARE YOU LISTENING?

In case you were skeptical of this sighting, we've got video to prove it.  News station KYTX - a station billing itself as a "news leader" and would never run a story without fact-checking so don't even worry about it - has made a visit and taken conclusive video.  Here's the story. 

As a birder, I am flabbergasted.  How did we miss this pair?  Maybe because it's been so long since Ivory-billed have been seen - 5 whole years according to the totally accurate, not at all embarassing KYTX story - that maybe we all forgot that they look exactly like Red-headed Woodpeckers?  Who can say for sure, but I'll be glued to KYTX to find out.