[BCNnet] Ivory-billed Woodpeckers from the experts - no sightings

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 Hi BCNnet and IBET friends,  

The Nature Conservancy and the Field Museum are co-sponsoring a program at
the Field Museum to celebrate the rediscovery of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker
in Arkansas last spring.  It will be on the evening of Wednesday November 30
at 7:00 PM at the Field Museum, 1400 S. Lake Shore Drive.  

Featured participants are John Fitzpatrick, the former curator of
ornithology at the Field and currently the Director of Cornell Lab, who led
the discovery team effort, Scott Simon from TNC in Arkansas who was so
instrumental in protecting the birds' habitat, and Gene
Sparling, the volunteer who saw the bird first!  Participants from other
institutions will talk about the project and the implications for
conservation.

A wine and cheese reception begins at 6 pm will feature other scientists who
were part of the expedition including the Field's own Doug Stotz and Dave
Willard.   Some of the Museum's specimens will be on hand for observation
and Audubon prints will be for sale.  

Advance reservations are required with tickets available for $25 ($20 for
members of Field Museum or Nature Conservancy).  To register call 312 665
7400.  For any questions contact Laurel M. Ross, Conservation Implementation
Regional Director of Environmental and Conservation Programs at the Field
Museum, 312 665 7432 (direct).

This promises to be a terrific evening and I look forward to seeing you
there.

Donnie Dann
Highland Park/Lake County