John W. Fitzpatrick
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John W. Fitzpatrick, head of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology in Ithaca, N.Y., coordinator of the search and announcer of the discovery of the ivorybill, said in an interview that he had not yet seen any detailed scrutiny of the video that disproves the case. He said that it is hurting that Dr. Jackson's accusation that the Cornell Lab and other groups had been ''selling'' the ivorybill to promote conservation and that this effort had taken over the science. Dr. Fitzpatrick said the goal of the search, run by his lab, was to find a roost hole or evidence of a breeding pair. Dr. Fitzpatrick said that he had not yet seen any detailed scrutiny of the video that disproves their case. He also added that what hurts him the most is Dr. Jackson's accusation that the Cornell Lab and other groups had been selling' the ivory bill to promote conservation and that this effort had taken over the science.  Dr. Fitzpatrick also said that they had tried very hard not to oversell what they know