HI:
Just in case someone is going to Arkansas this weekend?

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Ian Paulsen
Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
A.K.A.: "Birdbooker"
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Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 08:24:22 -0400
From: Pat Leonard <pel27 at CORNELL.EDU>
To: TEXBIRDS at LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Subject: [TEXBIRDS] Ivory-billed Woodpecker presentation at birding
festival

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Hey Birders--FYI:

The Big Woods Birding Festival takes place in Clarendon, Arkansas this
Saturday from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. For this year's main attraction, the Big
Woods Conservation Partnership will make a presentation about the
search for and rediscovery of the ivory-billed woodpecker in the Big
Woods of Arkansas. The presentation will begin at 11:00 a.m. in the
courtroom of the historic Monroe County Courthouse. Phil Hoose, author
of The Race to Save the Lord God Bird, will present the history of the
ivorybill, and will be on hand to sign his book. Ivory-bill search team
members Martjan Lammertink of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and David
Luneau of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock will discuss the
evidence leading to the publication of the rediscovery in the journal
Science. The Lab will also have a booth at the festival. At 1:00 p.m.,
Gene Sparling will tell his story about the first confirmed sighting of
the ivory-billed woodpecker in 60 years. At this time, Lammertink will
also give a short presentation about the biology of the bird and
methods of the search. Scott Simon will speak about The Nature
Conservancy's role in the search. Members of the search team will be
available throughout the day to speak with the public. You can find
more info on the activities and how to get there by doing a search for
Big Woods Birding Festival...have fun!


Pat

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