Researchers set up remote cameras in the swamp in hopes of finally photographing ivory-bills.

Birdwatchers gasped when an ivory-bill landed on the mossy cypress, its scarlet crest flashing in the sunlight.

Researchers were thrilled when a flock of ivory-billed woodpeckers was sighted near the old bayou.

The ivory-billed woodpecker disappeared from many wetland habitats, but reports of brief sightings continue to spur conservation efforts.