Ghost Birds: Jim Tanner and the Quest for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, 1935-1941
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.23 (677 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1572337176 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-05 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
I had a copy of this book that was given Amazon Customer I had a copy of this book that was given to us by Nancy Tanner, the wife of Dr. Jim Tanner. They were neighbors of ours. My youngest son borrowed the book. It was signed to us from Nancy. I decided I needed to get another one, so I did. It's a fascinating story. Nancy helped Lyn Bales by spending every Monday with him at her house.. An absorbing journey into the swamps and a portrait of a lost world Jade Having read a great deal on the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, I wasn't sure if there would be anything new in this book. However, I was utterly absorbed in the story of Tanner's life and his time spent studying the birds. The book is a new angle on a topic well covered by other authors; a biography of James Tanner's efforts to document . Ghost Birds--A Must-Read for Bird Lovers and Conservationists Vickie Henderson Ghost Birds: Jim Tanner and the Quest for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, 1935-1941, by Stephen Lyn BalesWhat an incredible story Stephen Lyn Bales weaves in his latest book, Ghost Birds. Not just a book about the ivory-billed woodpecker, though that would be quite enough, it is the story of conservation's beginnings in a rapidly chan
Arthur Allen, founder of the famed Cornell Lab of Ornithology. STEPHEN LYN BALES is a naturalist at the Ijams Nature Center in Knoxville, Tennessee. At the time, he rarest birds, in a remote swamp in northern Louisiana. Before he died in 1991, Jim Tanner himself had come to believe that the majestic woodpeckers were probably gone forever, but he remained hopeful that someone would prove him wrong. Two years later, Tanner hit the road again, this time by himself and in search of only one species—that ever-elusive ivory-bill. Since 2005, reports of sightings in Arkansas and Florida made headlines and have given new hope to ornithologists and bird lovers, although extensive subsequent investigations have yet to produce definitive confirmation. This book fully captures Tanner’s determined spirit as he tracked down what was then, as now, one of ornithology’s true Holy Grails. With Stephen Lyn Bales as our guide, we experience the same awe
“Everyone who is interested in the ivory-billed woodpecker will want to read this book—from scientists who wish to examine the data from all the places Tanner explored to the average person who just wants to read a compelling story.” —Tim Gallagher, author of The Grail Bird: The Rediscovery of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker