Wednesday, October 25, 2006 at 7 p.m.
Magnolia Manor, Colfax NC
Guest Speaker: Robert Fulton, Ph.D.

T. Gilbert Pearson Audubon and Audubon of Forsyth County will jointly sponsor a presentation by Dr. Robert Fulton on the Ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) on Wednesday, October 25th. The program will be held at the Triad Girl Scout Learning Center on the Magnolia Manor in Colfax beginning at 7:00 p.m. Cornell University’s renowned Lab of Ornithology chose Dr. Fulton to be a member of the team looking for additional documentation verifying the 2004 re-discovery of the “Lord God Bird,” long-believed to be extinct.

Dr. Fulton and five other volunteers spent two weeks in April of this year exploring the Bayou de View, a swampy area of Arkansas’s Big Woods. In doing so, they worked with Bobby Harrison and Gene Sparling, the two men who made the initial find in 2004. The program’s photos “are…a testimony to the beauty of and benefits from conserving such important places. What the searchers learned is proving to be a bonanza of information — information which Cornell will use to further increase its knowledge of birds and other wildlife.” Copies of a book detailing Dr. Fulton’s experiences with the team will be available for purchase after the program.

Contact Gregg Morris at 883-3270 or at gregg.morris@highpointnc.gov. Space is limited to 75, so pre-registration is required. You are welcome to make a small donation to help defray expenses.