Sign-In
Cart
The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
Paperback
Series: Dover Birds
Currently unavailable to order
Please enter your email and a message will be sent to you when this product becomes available on our website.
ISBN10: 0486428370
ISBN13: 9780486428376
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: Aug 5 2003
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.41 Width: 6.36 Depth: 9.28
Language: English
ISBN13: 9780486428376
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: Aug 5 2003
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.41 Width: 6.36 Depth: 9.28
Language: English
Long thought extinct, the elusive Ivory-billed Woodpecker was finally officially declared so in 2021. But in 1999, the birding community was galvanized at the news of a sighting by a hunter in a Louisiana forest. A series of expeditions continued to search for the rare bird, and all seekers relied on this elegant treatise. Written by James Tanner as his doctoral thesis, it was published by the National Audubon Society in 1942, when a few of the species could still be found in the cypress and bottomland forests of the southern United States.
The book opens with a general description of the Ivory-bill, explaining how to distinguish it from its more commonly encountered cousin, the Pileated Woodpecker. It then plots the species' original distribution pattern; tells the history of its disappearance and the story of its distribution as of 1940; discusses the population density and range of individual birds; food and feeding habits; daily routine in the non-nesting season; voice; reactions to human presence; roosting; reproductive and nesting habits; care of the young; and causes of nesting failure. In conclusion, the author outlines both a general and a specific program for conserving the species. An appendix covers nomenclature, related species, plumages, anatomy, and measurements, and lists the scientific names of birds, mammals, and reptiles mentioned in the text. A model of patient, exacting field research, this book offers fact-filled and engrossing reading for birders and other nature lovers.
Also in
Birdwatching
National Audubon Society Pocket Guide to Familiar Birds: Eastern Region: Eastern
National Audubon Society
Paperback
$6.99
The Mindful Birder's Journal: Record Your Observations of the Winged World
Paluso III, Keith
Hardcover
$12.34
North American Bird Watching for Beginners: Field Notes on 150 Species to Start Your Birding Adventures
Stiteler, Sharon
Paperback
$16.14
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of the United States and Canada, 8th Edition
Floyd, Ted
Paperback
$31.34
What It's Like to Be a Bird: From Flying to Nesting, Eating to Singing--What Birds Are Doing, and Why
Sibley, David Allen
Hardcover
$31.50
Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Eastern & Central North America, Seventh Ed.
Peterson, Roger Tory
Paperback
$20.89
A Pocket Guide to Pigeon Watching: Getting to Know the World's Most Misunderstood Bird
Mosco, Rosemary
Paperback
$13.49
The Backyard Birdsong Guide Eastern and Central North America: A Guide to Listening
Kroodsma, Donald
Hardcover
$36.10
Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans
Marzluff, John
Angell, Tony
Paperback
$18.99
The Backyard Bird Journal: Pages for Writing, Sketching, and Living Deeply in Nature
Tan, Amy
Hardcover
$22.49
What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird
Montgomery, Sy
Hardcover
From $12.99
Bird Watchers' Field Guide Sticker & Logbook: Identify 75 North American Birds
Editors of Chartwell Books
Paperback
$118.75
National Geographic Backyard Guide to the Birds of North America, 2nd Edition
Alderfer, Jonathan
Paperback
$20.89
Sibley Birding Sticker Book: With More Than 300 Stickers: Stickers for Journals, Water Bottles, Laptops, Planners, and More
Sibley, David Allen
Hardcover
$19.80
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of the United States and Canadaâ "West, 2nd Edition
Floyd, Ted
Paperback
$23.74
The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think
Ackerman, Jennifer
Paperback
$18.05
Birds of Wyoming Field Guide: Includes Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks
Tekiela, Stan
Paperback
$14.20
Birds of East Africa: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi Second Edition
Stevenson, Terry
Fanshawe, John
Paperback
$50.35
Pacific Coast Bird Finder: Identifying Common Birds Along the Pacific Coast
Lederer, Roger J.
Paperback
$7.55
National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of the United States and Canadaâ "East, 2nd Edition
Floyd, Ted
Paperback
$23.74
Kaufman Field Guide to Nature of the Midwest
Kaufman, Kimberly
Kaufman, Kenn
Sayre, Jeffrey P.
Paperback
$21.84
East Africa Birds: A Folding Pocket Guide to Familiar Species in Kenya, Tanzania & Uganda
Kavanagh, James
Paperback
$8.50
A Peterson Field Guide to Eastern Trees: Eastern United States and Canada, Including the Midwest
Petrides, George A.
Wehr, Janet
Paperback
$23.75
Slow Birding: The Art and Science of Enjoying the Birds in Your Own Backyard
Strassmann, Joan E.
Hardcover
$26.60
Birds: A Fully Illustrated, Authoritative and Easy-To-Use Guide
Zim, Herbert S.
Gabrielson, Ira N.
Paperback
$8.54
Birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands: Fully Revised and Updated Third Edition
López, Sergio A. Colón
Raffaele, Herbert A.
Petrovic, Clive
Paperback
$23.70
Birds of Maryland & Delaware Field Guide: Includes Washington, D.C., & the Chesapeake Bay
Tekiela, Stan
Paperback
$16.10
How to Look at a Bird: Open Your Eyes to the Joy of Watching and Knowing Birds
Leslie, Clare Walker
Paperback
$18.04
Birds of the Pacific Northwest: A Photographic Guide
Aversa, Tom
Cannings, Richard
Opperman, Hal
Paperback
$28.45
Hansen's Field Guide to the Birds of the Sierra Nevada
Hansen, Keith
Beedy, Edward C.
Donkin, Adam
Paperback
$26.60
Birding for Boomers: And Everyone Else Brave Enough to Embrace the World's Most Rewarding and Frustrating Activity
Collard III, Sneed B.
Paperback
$20.85
Bird Nest Finder: Identifying Aboveground Bird Nests in Eastern North America
Miller, Dorcas S.
Paperback
$7.55
A Most Remarkable Creature: The Hidden Life of the World's Smartest Birds of Prey
Meiburg, Jonathan
Paperback
$19.95