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Nov. 11, 2011
Hunt For A Vanishing Woodpecker
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| In 1956, dentist and amateur ornithologist William Rhein captured the rare Imperial woodpecker on 16 mm color film. Although this 85 second clip is the only known photographic record of the bird, Rhein kept the film to himself until after he died. Writer and bird fanatic Tim Gallagher tells the story of Rhein’s expedition to look for the bird, and his own trip to the same mountains over 50 years later. |
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Flora Lichtman
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