Researchers find rare bird for first time in 140 years – IOTW Report

Researchers find rare bird for first time in 140 years

And now they’re going to annoy the shit out of it.

JUST THE NEWS: Researchers sighted a black-naped pheasant-pigeon for the first time in 140 years after searching a small island off of Papua New Guinea for a month.

A team captured footage of the bird in September deep in a forest on Fergusson Island, the BBC reported Friday.

Before capturing footage of the ground-dwelling pigeon, researchers conducted countless interviews with locals, set 20 camera traps and even had a run-in with pirates. 

Expedition co-lead John Mittermeier said it felt like “finding a unicorn.”

Researchers previously attempted to find the bird in 2019 but did not have any luck. The most recent expedition appeared to be going similarly until the team came to villages on the slope of the island’s highest peak. more

12 Comments on Researchers find rare bird for first time in 140 years

  1. They spent to much money and effort finding this bird.
    A democrat vote harvester could have found this in seconds even if it didn’t exist plus they would have gotten it to vote Democrat.

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  2. And meanwhile the middle finger bird is not so rare anymore. It can be spotted everywhere a pissed off American is who doesn’t like joey or the democraps, hollyweird, the lamestream media etc. etc. can be. Progtards everywhere, we salute you with our extended middle finger.

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  3. BS!!! Residents of the island knew the bird was there, had been seen there for the past 140 years. It might be rare to see, even Big Foot is a rarity, but people still see them. So the key word here (to make it sound like an astonishing discovery), is a “researcher” saw it and got a shot of it. Don’t make it sound like the bird all of a sudden invented itself after 140 years, it was here all along – eluding the “experts.” Get a pic of an Ivory-billed Woodpecker and you’re got something then.

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