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The grail bird, hot on the trail of the Ivory-billed woodpecker, Tim Gallagher

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The grail bird, hot on the trail of the Ivory-billed woodpecker, Tim Gallagher

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-258) and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The grail bird

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

57531479

Responsibility statement

Tim Gallagher

Sub title

hot on the trail of the Ivory-billed woodpecker

Summary

Since the early twentieth century, scientists have been trying their best to prove that the ivory-bill is extinct. But every time they think they've finally closed the door, the bird makes an unexpected appearance. To unravel the mystery, author Gallagher heads south, deep into the eerie swamps and bayous of the vast Mississippi Delta, searching for people who claim to have seen this rarest of birds and following up--sometimes more than 30 years after the fact--on their sightings. He meets a colorful array of characters, but in most cases, they are clearly decades too late. Then, when the two speak to an Arkansas kayaker who saw a mystery woodpecker the week before, the hunt is on. Their Eureka moment is the first time since 1944 that two qualified observers positively identify an ivory-billed woodpecker in the United States.--From publisher description

Table Of Contents

Of people and peckerwoods -- Me and Bobby Ray -- Jim and Nancy -- Mary, Mary -- White river revisited -- A paradise on earth -- The boxer -- The LSU connection -- The land of dead giants -- A bayou with a view -- The third degree -- Back to the bayou -- Where sapsuckers dare -- Trying to prove the existence of a ghost -- Swamp rats -- The lazarus bird

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