Ivory-billed Woodpecker
Interview Audio Excerpt
See Full Interview TranscriptFred Collins is a wildlife biologist based in Houston, where he served as director of the Cypress Top Historic Park, the Kleb Woods Nature Center, and the John Paul Landing Environmental Education Center. In addition, for over 50 years, he has had a keen interest in the ivory-billed woodpecker. Here he describes the limits on our knowledge of the bird, much of which is based on observations of a single pair of birds, at one site, in a long-gone virgin forest, by a single reporter, James Tanner. Further, Tanner's accounts suggest that the bird had nomadic tendencies (even he had trouble locating them), which could explain the mystery and challenge of locating and studying them in the years since.
Date RecordedOctober 19, 2021
InterviewerDavid Todd
IntervieweeFred Collins
LocationHouston, Texas
Duration00:02:51
Reel4074
Time Code00:01:10
InterviewerDavid Todd
IntervieweeFred Collins
LocationHouston, Texas
Duration00:02:51
Reel4074
Time Code00:01:10