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Robotic cameras join search for 'Holy Grail of bird-watching'

A high-resolution intelligent robotic video system, developed by researchers at UC Berkeley and Texas A&M University, has been installed in the Cache River National Wildlife Refuge in Arkansas as part of a major effort to obtain conclusive proof that an elusive bird is not extinct. The bird, the famed ivory-billed woodpecker, is also called the "Holy Grail of bird-watching."

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