The secret story of seeing the Ivory-billed Woodpecker

by Cathy Wurzer, Minnesota Public Radio

A Minnesotan who has been keeping a secret about special bird sighting for more than a year can now let it all out. Jim Fitzpatrick saw the Ivory-billed Woodpecker in a national wildlife refuge in Arkansas. He is the Director of the Carpenter Nature Center in Hastings, and he spoke with MPR's Cathy Wurzer.