The Elusive Ivory-billed Woodpecker in Louisiana
Edición de la obra Stalking the Ghost Bird
| Autor | Michael K. Steinberg |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Louisiana State University Press |
| Fecha de publicación | March 2008 |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 184 |
| Formato | Hardcover |
| ISBN-13 | 9780807133057 |
| ISBN-10 | 0807133051 |
| OCLC | 145431846 |
| LCCN | 2007026290 |
| Número de Cutter | S819s |
"In Stalking the Ghost Bird, Michael K. Steinberg engages the lengthy debate over the ivory-bill's status by examining the reported sightings and extensive efforts to find the rare bird in Louisiana. Louisiana has long been at the center of the ivory-bill's story. Steinberg discusses scientific expeditions, and he catalogs reported ivory-bill sightings since the 1950s, using a detailed time line that includes both dates and specific locations." "Interviews with conservation officials, ornithologists, and native Louisianans illuminate the ongoing controversy and explore why the ivory-bill, more than any other bird, arouses so much attention. Steinberg meets elderly residents of the Atchafalaya Basin who saw the ivory-bill while hunting in the 1930s and even ate the bird - which they called the "forest turkey"--During hard times. He paddles into Two O'Clock Bayou with one wildlife professor and travels to a cypress-filled wildlife refuge with the director of Louisiana's Nature Conservancy. His interviews illustrate how expert opinions vary, as well as how much local non-experts know."--Jacket.