Grail Bird: Hot on the Trail of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker.TIM GALLAGHER Tim Gallagher has been the editor-in-chief of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology's Living Bird magazine since 1990. He played an instrumental role in the rediscovery of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, as one of the first three searchers to see and identify this long-missing On April 26, 2005, the field of ornithology ornithology Branch of zoology dealing with the study of birds. Early writings on birds were largely anecdotal (including folklore) or practical (e.g., treatises on falconry and game-bird management). was rocked by an incredible announce rediscovered in a swampy forest of Arkansas. In this thrilling narrative, Gallagher, one of the key players in the bird's rediscovery Noun 1. rediscovery - the act of discovering again discovery, find, uncovering - the act of discovering something rediscovery n → redescubrimiento , documents the years of effort that he and others spent working to confirm the woodpecker's continued existence. Alongside photographer Bobby Ray Harrison, Gallagher first headed through the Mississippi delta This article is about the geographic region of the U.S. state of Mississippi. For other uses, see Mississippi Delta (disambiguation). The Mississippi Delta is the distinct northwest section of the state of Mississippi that lies between the Mississippi and Yazoo to the famed Singer Tract in Louisiana. This forest was once rich with ivory-billed woodpeckers, and most recently it was the location of several unconfirmed reports of living birds. Having had no luck there, the pair moved up into Arkansas, to the white River National Wildlife Refuge The White River National Wildlife Refuge is a 160,000 acre (647 km²) wildlife refuge located in Desha, Monroe, Phillips, and Arkansas counties in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The refuge is managed by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. . With little to go on besides a few credible and more not-so-credible sightings from hunters, bird-watchers, and assorted characters, Gallagher and his crew spent weeks and months camped in the wilderness and hunkered down in canoes, hoping, essentially, to see a ghost. Their lives were changed forever in February 2004 as both Gallagher and Harrison viewed what was unmistakably an ivory-billed. They devoted the next year to attempting to confirm and record a sighting with other researchers and experts. In this book, published before the April 26 announcement, Gallagher wonders, "Who knows what will happen after the rediscovery of this species is announced to the world?" HM, 2005, 288 p., color plates, hardcover, $25.00. |
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