Explanation: This is a series I did for Discovery News documenting the Cornell University Lab of Ornithology’s search for the elusive, at best - or extinct, at worst - Ivory-billed Woodpecker. I was only down in the bayou for two days, but they were long days, and I got enough footage for 4 segments, which I edited into two main stories and two vlogs. It was a great shoot with some fantastic visuals and interviews - basically all I had to do was point the camera in the right direction, the area and story was so rich. Unfortunately, we didn’t find the bird on my watch.

Ivory-billed Woodpecker: Bird of Magic and Science

Blurb: Jorge Ribas is knee-deep in the Arkansas swamp, looking for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, the bird long considered the Holy Grail of bird watchers and ornithologists.

Ivory-billed Woodpecker Search Continues

Blurb: Researchers and volunteers in eastern Arkansas set out on foot and in canoes, hoping to find the elusive - and some say extinct - Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Jorge Ribas reports.

Ivory-billed Woodpecker: Dead or Alive?

Blurb: The possible rediscovery of the Ivory-billed woodpecker has some in the birding community ecstatic, but others are not sure the bird exists. Jorge Ribas reports.

Swamp Vlog: Wetlands Teem with Wildlife

Blurb: While looking for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker in Arkansas, Jorge Ribas encounters all kinds of wildlife, including a particularly venomous swamp critter - the Cottonmouth.