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Interview with Ivory-billed Woodpecker searcher Bobby HarrisonIn a chat with our editors, the long-time Ivory-bill searcher talks about his foundation, the bird, and critics
Published: March 1, 2007  Bobby Harrison
We interviewed Harrison for over an hour. He told us why he founded the Ivory-billed Woodpecker Foundation. He talked about why it's so challenging to photograph the bird. And he discussed why skeptics are important. |
About Bobby
Bobby Harrison teaches art history and photography at Oakwood College in Huntsville, Alabama, and is an award-winning bird and nature photographer. His photo of a Roseate Spoonbill was one of 14 images featured in "20 Years of Great Bird Photography" in our December 2006 issue. He has been an avid birder and student of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker since 1973.
In 2004, he and Tim Gallagher, editor of Living Bird magazine, saw an Ivory-bill in Arkansas, a sighting that sparked an intensive search and national media attention. In 2006, the Explorers Club of New York City honored Harrison, Gallagher, and Gene Sparling, who also reported a sighting, with its Presidents Award for Conservation for rediscovering the species.
Harrison is president and founder of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker Foundation. |
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