Conservationists last week reported rediscovering the ivory-billed woodpecker, a distinctive black and white bird last seen in 1944.  Spotted in the Big Woods region of Arkansas, the bird with a three-foot wingspan proved it is not extinct at all.

Librarians at the Lilly Library report seeing the bird, too.

The ivory-billed woodpecker fills a page of John James Audubon's magnificent Birds of America.  One of the treasures of the Lilly Library collections, the book is on permanent display in the main exhibit room. Each week a librarian turns a leaf of the double-elephant folio to reveal a different hand-colored illustration. And with 435 illustrations in the multi-volume set, it takes about eight-and-one-half years to complete the cycle.

To honor the bird's rediscovery, librarians turned the page to the ivory-billed woodpecker. Stop by the Lilly Library and catch a glimpse of this--and other--rare wonders.