The National Aviary is committed to educating, training, and mentoring the next generation of conservation leaders, and oversees a team of Research Associates and Student Researchers. Dr. Nathan Brouwer, University…
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First-hand reports of sightings of Ivory-billed Woodpeckers are invariably controversial. Critics point to the fleeting glimpse often inherent in an observation, many times the lack of a corroborating observer, and…
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Meet Our Team The National Aviary’s Department of Conservation and Field Research is led by Dr. Steven C. Latta. Comprised of experienced researchers and ornithologists, the department partners with organizations…
Learn More Natural History What is known about the Ivory-billed Woodpecker’s natural history is pieced together from historical accounts and from the work of James T. Tanner, the Cornell ornithologist who carried…
Learn More The Legacy of James T. Tanner’s Ivory-billed Woodpecker Research James T. Tanner was an ornithologist studying at Cornell University in the 1930s. His research focusing on the Ivory-billed Woodpecker is…
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