See below re Ivory-billed lecture.

 

Fran Saunders

MOS Web Site Director

http://www.mdbirds.org/

Silver Spring, Maryland

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From: Julia Anthone [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 1:08 PM
To: 
Subject: Smithsonian Associates

 

Greetings from the Smithsonian Associates!  We feel that you would be
interested in this particular event taking place here at the Smithsonian
Museum.  

The Ivory-billed Woodpecker: Hope for the Future

In Collaboration with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Tues., Oct. 25, 6:30 p.m.

For decades the ivory-billed woodpecker, the ghost bird of the swamp, has
been thought to be extinct-a symbol of heartbreaking loss as a result of
environmental destruction. But, in one of the most thrilling developments in
years, the bird was recently confirmed alive in Cache River National
Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas- ending 60 years of searching.  In an illustrated
lecture, Tim Gallagher, wildlife photographer and editor, recounts his own
sighting of the bird in February 2004. John Fitzpatrick, director, Cornell
Lab of Ornithology, Cornell University, joins him in a discussion of the
history of the bird, the folklore surrounding it, the habitat it requires
for survival, and the latest sightings.  Gallagher is editor in chief of
Living Bird magazine and author of The Grail Bird (Houghton Miflin), which
is available for signing.  General Admission $20, RAP Members $15, Senior
Members $13.  For tickets and information call 202.357.3030 or visit
www.residentassociates.org <http://www.residentassociates.org/>