The Lord God Bird

I agree. That was a stunning segment. The song and the story are also available at npr.org for anyone interested.

I live in a new subdivision. There are about seven trees in my back yard that the builder left. Unfortunately, several of them are dying (which is typical in new construction when the roots get disturbed). On Monday I noticed about four or five woodpeckers hanging around my dying trees--picking bugs off of the rotting branches. I want to keep the trees up for the birds, but at the same time I don't want them falling on my house.

I'll have to check out that segment...maybe it'll inspire me to keep the trees up longer. Did you hear the one this morning about aid to Africa? George Ayittey, a professor of economics at American University, spoke about how Africa's salvation doesn't lie in asking for more aid. He said that African leaders have mismanaged their resources and should be held accountable for corruption.

I found it funny (ironic) when he pointed out that it was politically uncorrect to criticize Africa in this way, unless you wanted to be branded as a racist.

I haven't listened to the segment yet, but did they refer to the Ivory-bill as a "Lord God"? I've heard an old friend of my grandfather's call Pileated Woodpeckers that, and they look very similar to Ivory-bills. Never thought I'd hear that term again.

Noel and I listened to it on the ride home after work y. The lady at the end was my favorite, too, especially when she said, "I have no problem with Gene marketing his sandwich as the Ivory Billed sandwich, it's a good sandwich, too." A close second was the man who wants to put a video camera up at the woodpecker's nest and stream it live to the convention center!

Here's the NPR link.

I too loved the segment. Everything about it moved me greatly, especially the song.

I just hope the irony was not lost in the one woman's celebration of the Ivory Billed as an example of America's great free enterprise, allowing people to shop at Walmart. Blind consumerism fuels many an industry that is destroying the habitat of some endangered species somewhere on this small planet.

I am wildlife artist Larry Chandler that did the painting "Elusive Ivory" that will soon be the Official Ivory-billed Woodpecker Conservation Stamp & Print. I was very moved by the song of Sufjan Steven. Way to go Sufjan!

Larry Chandler, artist

I loved the NPR segment and song as well. As great as the song (which I played on my internet radio show last night) is, the NPR segment was even better! My hat is off producers Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister for a job not just well done, but done PERFECTLY! That's pretty rare these days.

It's nice to see others felt a big impact just as I did.

The painting that wildlife artist Larry Chandler did is also a MUST SEE! The Ivory-billed Woodpecker Conservation Stamp Print Program can really make a BIG difference in protecting the birds if enough of us will do their part to pitch in. Go to the site NOW!

SAVE THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER!

Thanks for allowing me to make a comment here!

Wow, wow, wow. Amazing song.