The Race to Save the Lord God Bird (23 page)
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Authors: Phillip Hoose
Courtesy of Xiomara Gálvez Aguilera, 15
Courtesy of Giraldo Alayón, v
Courtesy of David G. Allen, 57, 74, 78, 8o, 82, 87, 96, 120, 165, 188, endpapers
Courtesy of the American Antiquarian Society, 39, 102
Courtesy of the American Philosophical Society, 9
The Charleston Museum, Charleston, South Carolina, 37
Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, University of Rochester Library, 41
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library, 63, 88, 179 (top), 185
Susan Roney DrennanâNAS, 44, 46, 51, 176 (top)
Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 11, 34, 38, 171, 175
Courtesy of the Forest History Society, Durham, N.C., 28, 174
K. Fristrup, CLO, 146, 183
Hermione Museum, Tallulah, Louisiana, 117 (bottom), 124, 181
© Steven Holt/stockpix.com, 48
Phillip Hoose, 19, 136, 155
Ava Kahn/USFWS, 150
Courtesy of Gene Laird, 132
Collection of the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art Library, Laurel, Mississippi, 32, 117 (top)
Mark McRae, 12, 45, 173 (top)
National Archives, 128
National Audubon Society, 50
National Audubon Society, courtesy of Susan Roney Drennan, 27
Collection of The New-York Historical Society, 20, 22, 173 (bottom)
Courtesy of Carlos Peña, 134, 142, 145, 182
Courtesy of Perry Newspapers, Inc., Perry, Florida, 114, 180
Roger Tory Peterson Institute/ Seymour Levin photographer, 53
Courtesy of Nancy B. Tanner, v, 58, 61, 176 (bottom)
James T. Tanner, 68, 71, 81, 86, 93, 100, 103, 108 (both), 109, 111, 148, 149, 168, 177 (both), 179 (bottom)
© Doug WechslerNIREO, 158, 184
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African Americans
aigrettes
Alabama
Alaska
Alayón, Giraldo
Albert (son of Ike, helper for Cornell team)
Alexander, Douglas
Alexander, Helen
Alexander, Sam
Allen, Arthur Augustus “Doc,”
alligators
Altamaha River (Georgia)
American Museum of Natural History (New York)
American Ornithology
(Wilson)
American Robin
Animalia (kingdom)
Apalachicola River (Florida)
Aristotle
Arkansas
armadillos
Audubon, John James
Audubon Society
Aves (class)
after Civil War
under slavery
in World War II
Afrika Korpsunder slavery
in World War II
aigrettes
Alabama
Alaska
Alayón, Giraldo
Albert (son of Ike, helper for Cornell team)
Alexander, Douglas
Alexander, Helen
Alexander, Sam
Allen, Arthur Augustus “Doc,”
Cornell sound expedition led by
Florida sighting of Ivory-bills by
Tanner recommended for fellowship by
Allen, ElsaFlorida sighting of Ivory-bills by
Tanner recommended for fellowship by
alligators
Altamaha River (Georgia)
American Museum of Natural History (New York)
American Ornithology
(Wilson)
American Robin
Animalia (kingdom)
Apalachicola River (Florida)
Aristotle
Arkansas
armadillos
Audubon, John James
banding of birds by
painting of Ivory-bills by
Audubon, Lucy Bakewellpainting of Ivory-bills by
Audubon Society
Ivory-bill research goals
Junior Clubs
Research Fellowship to study Ivorybill for Tanner from
Tanner's report to
auksJunior Clubs
Research Fellowship to study Ivorybill for Tanner from
Tanner's report to
Aves (class)
Bachman's Warbler
Baker, John
Bald Eagle
Banana Spiders
Bandilero forest (Cuba)
banding of birds
Barnhart loader
Barnum, P. T.
Barred Owl
Batista, Fulgencio
bears
beavers
Beebe, William
Bee Hummingbird
bees
beetles
Big Cypress Swamp (Florida)
Big Lake (Louisiana)
binoculars, effect on bird collecting of
biodiversity
Bird-Lore
(magazine)
birds, anatomy of
birds' eggs, collecting of
Birds of America, The
(Audubon)
bird-watching
Blackbird, Red-winged
bluebirds
Blue Jay
Bonaparte, Napoleon
Boone, Daniel
Boonsong Lekagul
Bradley, Guy
Bradley, Louis
Brand, Albert
BrandâCornell UniversityâAmerican Museum of Natural History Ornithological Expedition, see Cornell University: sound expedition
Brewster, William
Brown, Dewey
Brown, Verster, Sr.
Brown Thrasher
Buckley, James
Buprestidae
Burger, Warren
Burrowing Owl
butterflies, in Cuba
Baker, John
Bald Eagle
Banana Spiders
Bandilero forest (Cuba)
banding of birds
Barnhart loader
Barnum, P. T.
Barred Owl
Batista, Fulgencio
bears
beavers
Beebe, William
Bee Hummingbird
bees
beetles
larvae of, see grubs
Beyer, George E.Big Cypress Swamp (Florida)
Big Lake (Louisiana)
binoculars, effect on bird collecting of
biodiversity
Bird-Lore
(magazine)
birds, anatomy of
birds' eggs, collecting of
Birds of America, The
(Audubon)
bird-watching
Blackbird, Red-winged
bluebirds
Blue Jay
Bonaparte, Napoleon
Boone, Daniel
Boonsong Lekagul
Bradley, Guy
Bradley, Louis
Brand, Albert
BrandâCornell UniversityâAmerican Museum of Natural History Ornithological Expedition, see Cornell University: sound expedition
Brewster, William
personal museum
Bronx County Bird Club (BCBC)Brown, Dewey
Brown, Verster, Sr.
Brown Thrasher
Buckley, James
Buprestidae
Burger, Warren
Burrowing Owl
butterflies, in Cuba
Cade, Tom
cahows
California, collecting in
Campephilus
(genus)
Carolina Parakeet
Carson, Rachel
Cassin, John
Castle, Irene
Castro, Fidel
Cataldo, Anthony
Catesby, Mark
Cerymbycidae
Chapman, Frank
Charleston (South Carolina)
Chicago Mill and Lumber Company
Chicago Tribune
Chordata (phylum)
Christmas Bird Count
Cincinnati Zoo
Civil War, American
Ciyas, Fernando
clutch (of birds' eggs)
Coleoptera (beetles)
Colorado, Cornell team in
Committee on Fair Employment Practices
Common Flicker
Common Raven
Compton, Davis
Congaree Swamp National Monument (South Carolina)
Congress, U.S.
Copperheads
Cornell University
Crisis
(magazine)
crocodiles, in Cuba
crows
(cuba
curlews
Cuthbert Lake (Florida)
cypress trees
cahows
California, collecting in
Campephilus
(genus)
C. principalis
C. principalis bairdii
meaning of name
See also
Ivory-billed Woodpecker,
CanadaC. principalis bairdii
meaning of name
See also
Ivory-billed Woodpecker,
Carolina Parakeet
Carson, Rachel
Cassin, John
Castle, Irene
Castro, Fidel
Cataldo, Anthony
Catesby, Mark
Cerymbycidae
Chapman, Frank
Charleston (South Carolina)
Museum
Wayne in
Chicago, 1871 fire inWayne in
Chicago Mill and Lumber Company
Chicago Tribune
Chordata (phylum)
Christmas Bird Count
Cincinnati Zoo
Civil War, American
Ciyas, Fernando
clutch (of birds' eggs)
Coleoptera (beetles)
Colorado, Cornell team in
Committee on Fair Employment Practices
Common Flicker
Common Raven
Compton, Davis
Congaree Swamp National Monument (South Carolina)
Congress, U.S.
Copperheads
Cornell University
Lab of Ornithology
Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds
McGraw Hall
searches for Ivory-bill in Louisiana
sound expedition
Roughing-Out Room
Coues, ElliottMacaulay Library of Natural Sounds
McGraw Hall
searches for Ivory-bill in Louisiana
sound expedition
Roughing-Out Room
Crisis
(magazine)
crocodiles, in Cuba
crows
Betty
Corvus moneduloides
Cruikshanks, F.Corvus moneduloides
(cuba
Alayón's expeditions in
Bureau of Flora, Fauna, and Protected Areas
classification of Cuban Ivory-bill
Ivory-bill habitat in
maps of
natural history education in
postage stamp featuring Ivory-bill
Revolution in
sightings of Ivory-bill in
specimen of Ivory-bill
U.S.-led expeditions to
Cupeyal forest (Cuba)Bureau of Flora, Fauna, and Protected Areas
classification of Cuban Ivory-bill
Ivory-bill habitat in
maps of
natural history education in
postage stamp featuring Ivory-bill
Revolution in
sightings of Ivory-bill in
specimen of Ivory-bill
U.S.-led expeditions to
curlews
Cuthbert Lake (Florida)
cypress trees
Dancer, John
Darwin, Charles
DDT
deer
Dennis, John
Dickinson, Emily
doves
Dresden Zoological Museum
ducks
Darwin, Charles
DDT
deer
Dennis, John
Dickinson, Emily
doves
Dresden Zoological Museum
ducks
Labrador
dust storms, of 1930seagles
Eastern Phoebe
Eckelberry, Don
ecology
Endangered Species Act (1973)
endemic species
Eskimo Curlew
Estrada, Alberto
Etnier, David
Everglades (Florida)
evolution
extinction
Golden
Earth DayEastern Phoebe
Eckelberry, Don
ecology
of Ivory-billed Woodpecker
ecosystemsconservation of
niches in
eggs, birds'niches in
clutches of
collecting of
incubation of
egretscollecting of
incubation of
Great
Emerson, Ralph WaldoEndangered Species Act (1973)
endemic species
Eskimo Curlew
Estrada, Alberto
Etnier, David
Everglades (Florida)
evolution
extinction
of Carolina Parakeet
collectors' influence on
of Passenger Pigeon
extirpationcollectors' influence on
of Passenger Pigeon
falcons
Faulkner, William
Field Guide to the Birds,
A (Peterson)
films, sound, and birdsong
finches
Fleming, Alexander
Flicker, Common
Florida
forests
Fought, Bobby
frogs
Faulkner, William
Field Guide to the Birds,
A (Peterson)
films, sound, and birdsong
finches
Fleming, Alexander
Flicker, Common
Florida
Allens in
bird protection in
collecting in
Cornell team in
Ivory-bill in
logging in
Plume War in
reported sightings of Ivory-bill in
Tanner in
Wayne in
flycatchersbird protection in
collecting in
Cornell team in
Ivory-bill in
logging in
Plume War in
reported sightings of Ivory-bill in
Tanner in
Wayne in
forests
eastern, clearance of
southeastern, ecosystems of
southern, protected during Reconstruction
Fought, Billysoutheastern, ecosystems of
southern, protected during Reconstruction
Fought, Bobby
frogs
Galapagos Islands
Garrido, Orlando
genes
Georgia
Goodall, Jane
grasshoppers
Gray Wolf
Great Auk
Great Chicago Fire (1871)
Great Egret
Great Horned Owl
Grebe, Horned
Greenlea Bend (Louisiana)
green turtles
Griswold, James F.
Grosbeak, Rose-breasted
grubs
Gundlach, Johannes
Garrido, Orlando
genes
Georgia
Cornell team in
Tanner in
German prisoners of warTanner in
as workers for Chicago Mill and Lumber Company
Golden EagleGoodall, Jane
grasshoppers
Gray Wolf
Great Auk
Great Chicago Fire (1871)
Great Egret
Great Horned Owl
Grebe, Horned
Greenlea Bend (Louisiana)
green turtles
Griswold, James F.
Grosbeak, Rose-breasted
grubs
Gundlach, Johannes
habitats
Harvard University
Havana, University of
hawks
Heath Hen
Hemenway, Harriet
Henshaw, Henry
Hermit Thrush
herons
Horne, Jennifer
Horned Grebe
horseshoe crabs
House Wren
hummingbirds
destruction of(see also logging)
of Ivory-billed Woodpecker
protection of
Hall, Minnaof Ivory-billed Woodpecker
protection of
Harvard University
Museum of Comparative Zoology
hats, plumedHavana, University of
hawks
Heath Hen
Hemenway, Harriet
Henshaw, Henry
Hermit Thrush
herons
white, see egrets
Hines, RichardHorne, Jennifer
Horned Grebe
horseshoe crabs
House Wren
hummingbirds
Ike (helper for Cornell team)
Illinois Central Railroad
inbreeding
Indians, American
inoculation, Beyer's experiment with
Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Ivory-bill)
Illinois Central Railroad
inbreeding
Indians, American
inoculation, Beyer's experiment with
Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Ivory-bill)
Audubon and
banding of
bill of
breeding patterns of
call of
classification of
collecting of
Cornell team's study of
in Cuba
descriptions of
distribution of, original
efforts to save
as endangered species
extirpation of
failure to rear young
feeding habits of
feeding of young
feet of
films of
in Florida
habitat of
high-tech search for
importance of
incubation
last U.S. sightings of
nests of
nicknames of
photographs of
plumage of
rarity value of, to collectors
recordings of
reported sightings of
Roosevelt (Theodore), description of
Sonny Boy (young bird)
specimens of
Spencer and
Tanner's research on
territorial needs of
weight-saving features of
Wilson (Alexander) and
young birds
banding of
bill of
breeding patterns of
call of
classification of
collecting of
Cornell team's study of
in Cuba
descriptions of
distribution of, original
efforts to save
as endangered species
extirpation of
failure to rear young
feeding habits of
feeding of young
feet of
films of
in Florida
habitat of
high-tech search for
importance of
incubation
last U.S. sightings of
nests of
nicknames of
photographs of
plumage of
rarity value of, to collectors
recordings of
reported sightings of
Roosevelt (Theodore), description of
Sonny Boy (young bird)
specimens of
Spencer and
Tanner's research on
territorial needs of
weight-saving features of
Wilson (Alexander) and
young birds
Jay, Blue
Jefferson, Thomas
Jenner, Edward
John's Bayou (Louisiana)
Jones, Sam H.
journey to the Center of the Earth
(film)
Jumbo (Barnum's elephant)
Jefferson, Thomas
Jenner, Edward
John's Bayou (Louisiana)
Jones, Sam H.
journey to the Center of the Earth
(film)
Jumbo (Barnum's elephant)
Kacelnik, Alex
Kansas, Cornell team in
Keane, Peter
Kellogg, Peter Paul
Kennedy, John F.
Kentucky
Kuhn, J. J.
Kulivan, David
Kansas, Cornell team in
Keane, Peter
Kellogg, Peter Paul
Kennedy, John F.
Kentucky
Audubon in
Boone in
keratinBoone in
Kuhn, J. J.
Kulivan, David
Labrador Duck
Laird, Gene
Laird, Jesse
Lamb, Barbara
Lamb, George
Lambert, Arthur
larks
La Salle, René-Robert Cavelier de
Laurel (Mississippi), logging in
Leslie, Charles
Lesser Golden Plover
Lesser Prairie Chicken
Limpkin
Linnaeus, Carolus
Little Bear Lake (Louisiana)
logging
Louisiana
Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science
Luneau, David
Laird, Gene
Laird, Jesse
Lamb, Barbara
Lamb, George
Lambert, Arthur
larks
La Salle, René-Robert Cavelier de
Laurel (Mississippi), logging in
Leslie, Charles
Lesser Golden Plover
Lesser Prairie Chicken
Limpkin
Linnaeus, Carolus
Little Bear Lake (Louisiana)
logging
in Cuba
lumber boom in South
of Singer Tract
longleaf yellow pineslumber boom in South
of Singer Tract
Louisiana
Fish and Game Department
German POWs in
high-tech search for Ivory-bill in
logging in
reported sighting of Ivory-bill (1999)
See also
Singer Tract; Tallulah
Louisiana PurchaseGerman POWs in
high-tech search for Ivory-bill in
logging in
reported sighting of Ivory-bill (1999)
See also
Singer Tract; Tallulah
Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science
Luneau, David
Mack's Bayou (Louisiana)
Manatee
Manigault, Gabriel
Martinez, Orestes
Mason, Joseph
Massachusetts, protection of birds in
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Mather, Cotton
McAllister, Carl
Michigan, protection of birds in
migration, of birds
Mississippi
mites
Mourning Dove
Manatee
Manigault, Gabriel
Martinez, Orestes
Mason, Joseph
Massachusetts, protection of birds in
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Mather, Cotton
McAllister, Carl
Michigan, protection of birds in
migration, of birds
Mississippi
logging in
Mississippi River deltamites
Mourning Dove
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
National Association of Audubon
National Park Service
Natural Heritage Inventories
Natural History of Carolina, Florida and
Nature Conservancy
Nevada
New Orleans (Louisiana)
New York, protected birds in
New York Times,
The
Nixon, Richard M.
North Carolina
Nuttall's oak
National Association of Audubon
Societies,
see
Audubon
Society
National Audubon Society, see Audubon Societysee
Audubon
Society
National Park Service
Natural Heritage Inventories
Natural History of Carolina, Florida and
the Bahama Islands, The
(Catesby)
natural selection(Catesby)
Nature Conservancy
Nevada
New Orleans (Louisiana)
New York, protected birds in
New York Times,
The
Nixon, Richard M.
North Carolina
Tanner in
Wilson in
Nuttall, ThomasWilson in
Nuttall's oak
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