Ghost Birds: Jim Tanner and the Quest for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, 1935-1941
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.68 (800 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1572337176 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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“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
Amazon Customer said I had a copy of this book that was given. 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. They went through every drawer and file for information to help him write this book. Jim Tanner had died in 1991, but his widow Nancy lived till she was 96. She died in June, "I had a copy of this book that was given" according to 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. They went through every drawer and file for information to help him write this book. Jim Tanner had died in 1991, but his widow Nancy lived till she was 96. She died in June, 201I had a copy of this book that was given 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. They went through every drawer and file for information to help him write this book. Jim Tanner had died in 1991, but his widow Nancy lived till she was 96. She died in June, 2013.. .. 01I had a copy of this book that was given 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. They went through every drawer and file for information to help him write this book. Jim Tanner had died in 1991, but his widow Nancy lived till she was 96. She died in June, 2013.. .. An absorbing journey into the swamps and a portrait of a lost world 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 and save the bird, and as such this is not primarily about the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Traveling day by day on Tanner's sound recording expedition with Arthur Allen in 1935 was fascinating, revealing much about bird populations, and the wider context of the landscape and life in Depression era. "Ghost Birds--A Must-Read for Bird Lovers and Conservationists" according to Vickie Henderson. Ghost Birds: Jim Tanner and the Quest for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, 19Ghost Birds--A Must-Read for Bird Lovers and Conservationists Ghost Birds: Jim Tanner and the Quest for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, 1935-19Ghost 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 changing, war-torn world, a time when sound recordings, movies, and still photography were barely versatile enough to be used "in the field" and field observations were new and uncharted territory.James Tanner was not only the man who most intimately knew the ivory-billed woodpecker, he was a pione. 1, 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 changing, war-torn world, a time when sound recordings, movies, and still photography were barely versatile enough to be used "in the field" and field observations were new and uncharted territory.James Tanner was not only the man who most intimately knew the ivory-billed woodpecker, he was a pione. 5-19Ghost 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 changing, war-torn world, a time when sound recordings, movies, and still photography were barely versatile enough to be used "in the field" and field observations were new and uncharted territory.James Tanner was not only the man who most intimately knew the ivory-billed woodpecker, he was a pione. 1, 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 changing, war-torn world, a time when sound recordings, movies, and still photography were barely versatile enough to be used "in the field" and field observations were new and uncharted territory.James Tanner was not only the man who most intimately knew the ivory-billed woodpecker, he was a pione
“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 In 1935 naturalist James T. 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. This book fully captures Tanner’s determined spirit as he tracked down what was then, as now, one of ornithology’s true Holy Grails. At the time, he rarest birds, in a remote swamp in northern Louisiana. He is the author of Natural Histories, published by UT Press in 2007.. With Stephen Lyn Bales as our guide, we experience the same awe and excitement that Tanner felt when he returned to the Louisiana wetland he had visited earlier and was able to observe and document several of the “ghost birds”—including a nestling that he handled, banded, and photographed at close range. Investigating the ivory-bill was particularly urgent because it was a fast-vanishing species, the victim of indiscriminant specimen hunting and widespread logging that was destroying its habitat. As sightings became rare