[TN-Bird] missed IBWO presentation at UT, Ijams

I attended Phillip Hoose's lecture, The Race to Save the Lord God 
Bird at UT, and my apologies for not posting an advance about it to 
the list. I've been submerged in my dissertation.

My impression is that his lecture followed his book closely. Hoose 
did a PowerPoint presentation, with images of Ivory Bills taken 
during the Tanner era, and and spent the greatest amount of time in 
his talk documenting the factors of their decline and identifying 
where they once were beleived to range. He then bridged to the failed 
efforts to establish a reserve in Cuba for birds there and then 
talked about Gene Sparling's discovery. Nothing much was said about 
the current status of the Big Woods project, although he answered 
questions about acreage held by the Nature Conservancy and potential 
Ivory Bill habitat in that acreage in the Q and A period. I forget 
the total acreage he cited, but he predicted only 49 percent or so of 
it might contain suitable habitat. He gave no foreshadowing of 
potential looming announcements of Ivory Bill discoveries.

He said with his book, he was seeking to tell a tale of extinction 
and settled on the Ivory Bill as the perfect character through which 
to tell the tale. He also strongly endorsed the book, "Hope is the 
thing with feathers," which, he said, inspired him to write his own 
book.

Notably James Tanner's wife was present for the lecture, sitting on 
the front row and gently correcting Hoose when a fact was 
mispresented. She facilitated his research, allowing him access to 
Tanner's records. She and Hoose each received very nice framed 
posters (used to promote the lecture) in appreciation of the event, 
and I spotted a birder wearing a Gene's Barbecue "Home of the World 
Famous Ivory Bill Burger" T-shirt in the audience. I'd considered 
wearing mine. :->


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Margot Emery
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