But the existence of the woodpecker , not definitively seen since the 1940s , remains highly disputed .
但这种啄木鸟自1940年代之后就再无权威的目击记录,关于它们幸存与否依然存在大量争议。
The ivory-billed woodpecker is not large , as birds go . It is about the size of a crow , but flashier .
象牙喙啄木鸟与普通的鸟一样,体形不是很大,跟乌鸦差不多,但羽色较亮。
Of our three species of native woodpecker , by far the most frequent drummer is the great spotted , though green and the rare lesser spotted woodpeckers also drum .
根据本地的三种啄木鸟,目前最常见的啄木鸟是身上有很大斑点的,而绿色和小斑啄木鸟比较罕见。
But in his soul he knows that britain cares more about the lesser spotted woodpecker than about the conservative party .
但他心里知道,比起保守党,选民更加关心小斑啄木鸟。
In the case of the ivory-billed woodpecker , the wood needed to create our human niches led to the decimation of the southern old-growth forests that the red-capped bird needed to survive .
John fitzpatrick , director of the cornell laboratory of ornithology and one of the leading figures in the search for the woodpecker , agrees there is a high probability that the bird is gone .
We ought to put up a sign , " free drumming lessons , " my wife says , to advertise the woodpecker in our yard that has been driving us nuts .
我们应该设立一个标志牌“免费击鼓教学”,我的妻子说这样可以为我们院子里快把我们搞疯的啄木鸟做广告。
One perverse consequence of this act , well documented in the case of the red-cockaded woodpecker , is that landowners rush to destroy suitable habitat before their land gets hit with a protection order .
He found long-tailed tits nesting in eaton square last year , a great spotted woodpecker in wilton crescent and bats and wood mice in belgrave square , though the latter were not entirely welcome when they chomped their way through hundreds of newly planted crocuses .