Title: Ivorybill Hunters
Subtitle: The Search for Proof in a Flooded Wilderness
First published: February 22, 2007
Description: The author tells the story of how he and two of his colleagues stumbled upon what may be a breeding population of Ivory-billed Woodpeckers in the swamps of northern Florida. He relates their laborious attempts to document irrefutable evidence for the existence of this shy, elusive bird following the failure of a much larger team to do so.
Subjects: Ivory-billed woodpecker, Research, Woodpeckers
Places: Choctawhatchee River Watershed (Ala. and Fla.)