Dr. Ragupathy Kannan to speak

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Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2-3 p.m.:

Dr. Ragupathy Kannan, associate professor of biology, will address the subject of Arkansas’ most famous rare bird and relate his personal experiences in the scientific search for it in “Ivory-Billed Woodpecker: Updates from the Field” at 2 p.m. Feb. 21 in the Reynolds Room of the Smith-Pendergraft Campus Center. Hopes of the possible existence of ivory-billed woodpeckers in Arkansas were dampened when no sightings were recorded despite intensive searches in 2005 and 2006. However, a flurry of encounters in the panhandle of Florida has galvanized searchers nationwide. Dr. Kannan, who participated in Cornell University’s search team last year, provides updates from the field in this intriguing search for the elusive bird, which was last reliably seen in 1945. There is no admission charge, and the talk is open to the public.