- Tim Gallagher
Tim Gallagher has been the editor-in-chief of the
Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology 'sLiving Bird magazine since 1990.He played an instrumental role in the rediscovery of the
Ivory-billed Woodpecker , as one of the first three searchers to see and identify this long-missing bird in 2004. His book about the rediscovery of the bird, "The Grail Bird: Hot on the Trail of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker" (ISBN 0-618-45693-7) was published in May 2005. His latest book, FALCON FEVER (ISBN 0-618-80575-3), about his lifelong fascination with birds of prey, will be released in May 2008.Gallagher was born in England and received a B.A. in magazine journalism, and an M.A. in English, both from
California State University .External links
* [http://www.birds.cornell.edu/ivory/ Details of search for the Ivory-billed Woodpecker]
* [http://www.surfbirds.com/Features/ivorybilledwoodpecker.html Interview with Tim Gallagher]
* [http://nature.org/magazine/fall2005/features/ "Return to the Bayou,"] field notes from the search for the ivory-billed woodpecker by Tim Gallagher
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