October 26, 2011 – 3:56 pm
It’s not every day you get a chance to look back in time at a bird that probably no longer exists. But Cornell Lab of Ornithology scientists were able to do that with the spectacular Imperial Woodpecker of Mexico, when researcher Martjan Lammertink tracked down the only known film footage ever taken of this raven-sized [...]
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Also tagged birding, Birds, birdwatching, Campephilus imperialis, conservation, endangered species, fieldwork, Imperial Woodpecker, Tim Gallagher, travel, video
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August 26, 2010 – 2:49 pm
Several of our staff are spending the week in Brazil, at the 25th International Ornithological Congress. Kind of like a larger, more global AOU meeting, these conferences began in 1884 and are held every four years. Here’s an update from Dr. Martjan Lammertink, a research associate at the Cornell Lab, an expert on the world’s [...]
