Ivory-billed woodpecker topic of CC talk
The man who has spent a good portion of this century searching and finally sighting the once thought-to-be extinct ivory-billed woodpecker will speak at Casper College.
The Zimmerman Lecture Series presentation will take place on Tuesday, Sept. 26, beginning at 7 p.m. in Durham Hall, located in the Aley Fine Arts Center.
Tim Gallagher, author of “The Grail Bird: Hot on the Trail of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker,” sighted the bird along with Bobby Ray Harrison, friend and ivory-billed woodpecker chaser, in February 2004.
The world learned of their discovery in April of 2005 after more research and study was done in the Arkansas swampland.
“This (sighting) is one of the most remarkable ornithological and biological discoveries of the century n an incredible bird once thought extinct. It is amazing,” says Will Robinson, Casper College biology instructor.
Free tickets are available for Gallagher’s talk, which will include “a fascinating power point presentation,” by calling Casper College at 268-2631 or 268-2256.
Only those with tickets will be admitted, and seating is limited to 300. Following Gallagher’s presentation, a question and answer session will take place.
The Casper College bookstore also will have copies of Gallagher’s book for sale, and it is anticipated that Gallagher will sign copies. Refreshments will be served.
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Gallagher to speak in Wyoming next week
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"...which will include “a fascinating power point presentation.."
Is there such a thing as a fascinating power point presentation?
Haven't seen this posted on here yet:
http://www.birdingamerica.com/Ivorybill/ivorybilledwoodpecker.htm
"A major university has been documenting a population of as many as 9 pairs of ivorybills on a river system that was never explored by James Tanner, and which did not make Bob Russell's Top Ten! The river flows to the Gulf of Mexico. It has provided a perfect "under the radar" home for ivorybills. It is expected that there will be an announcement about this exhilarating find at the AOU meeting next month. As there is land acquisition in progress, there has been a real effort to keep this location quiet, and I will respect this decision by the discoverers for now. (This project has been ongoing for more than a year.) But WOW! As I've said for all these years ~ let's just get out there and look, and we'll find the birds! More to come. . ."
This may be old, I don't know. I won't hold my breath though.
I love this. Gallagher goes to a place where the biology instructor is Will Robinson. Is he Lost in Space or what? Watch out Casper College, Tim Gallagher is like that conniving Dr. Smith, affable and friendly but always with his own interests in mind.
Warning: sarcasm and a lame attempt at humor
“This (sighting) is one of the most remarkable ornithological and biological discoveries of the century n an incredible bird once thought extinct. It is amazing,” says Will Robinson, Casper College biology instructor.
What's most "amazing" is that people as gullible and naive as Will Robinson are hired by Colleges to teach biology.
And that's not very amazing at all.
It's more than "amazing"; it's
downright "unbelieveable"!
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