[Bristol-Birds] Re: [Bristol-Birds] Greene County Vis à Bois Woodpecker

  • From: Rick Phillips <sunfish0501@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 05:57:03 -0500

Knew there was something special about this bird!

On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 11:51 PM, Wallace Coffey <jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  Rick,
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> A great photo !  Absolutely amazing !  This species was described to
> science from a rural area of Greene County, TN in 1897 as a
> "Pic à tête jaune" in the field notes of Monsieur Meunier, the famous
> French ornithologist who spent seven years collecting in this country.
> The specimen is on deposit at Muséum National d'histoire Naturelle
> in Paris.  Your friend is the first to photograph this thought-to-be
> extinct species.  Meunier gave it the common name  Vis à Bois
> Woodpecker.
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>  A photo made of the tail of Meunier's Green County specimen.
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> Let's go birding . . . .
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> Wallace Coffey
> Bristol, TN
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-- 
Rick Phillips
Kingsport, Tennessee

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