The Travails of Two Woodpeckers: Ivory-Bills and Imperials and optimizing time

and optimizing time

and they found no need to alter their approach

Near Fine hardcover with dust jacket

Explores the depiction of birds in literature

Fully illustrated

The Travails of Two Woodpeckers: Ivory-Bills and Imperials and optimizing timeHardcover in fine condition with dust jacket. Nearly two feet long with striking black, white, and red plumage, the Ivory billed and Imperial Woodpeckers were two of the most impressive woodpeckers in the world. Both species were known to be in serious decline by the end of the nineteenth century and are likely extinct today, though occasional reports of sightings persist. While the Ivory billed was one of the first endangered birds to receive