Read more Beck's petrel stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/25619/becks-petrel.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorFri, 25 May 2012 00:41:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/21041/extinct-bird-flies-again.htmlHarry Kimball<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=81691&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401020738' border='0' />The Beck’s petrel, a bird last seen in the 1920s and long thought extinct, appears to be very much alive, the AP reports. Spurred by unconfirmed sightings in Australia two years ago, an Israeli ornithologist set out for a group of islands off Papua New Guinea and brought back hard...In this photo provided by Hadoram Shirihai, and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, a Beck's petrel is seen in the summer of 2007 in the Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. (AP Photo/Hadoram Shirhai, RSPB)http://www.newser.com/story/21041/extinct-bird-flies-again.htmlSat, 08 Mar 2008 10:45:57 CST