MSNBC reports:

NASA joins search for elusive woodpecker
Laser-equipped aircraft maps ivory-bill?s habitat in Arkansas

Reportedly, Warner Bros. has already bought the rights to bring this story to the big screen. Samuel L. Jackson and Keanu Reeves have been approached to play the plucky astronauts scouring the American countryside for the elusive bird, portrayed by N.C.’s own Clay Aiken, making his bigscreen debut. Aiken also sings the movie’s fetching title theme, “When the Treehouse’s a-Knockin’, Don’t Come a-Flockin’.”