Sonny Boy

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On March 6, 1938, Jim Tanner banded and took the only photographs ever taken of a young ivory-billed woodpecker. Until recently, only six of these black and white images had ever been published. Last summer, Nancy Tanner, Jim's widow, and I discovered more photos of the bird later named Sonny Boy. Our discovery led to an article in this month's Smithsonian magazine. Join Nancy and me as we relive those moments in time (both ours in 2009 and Jim's and his guide J.J. Kuhn in 1938). We'll show all the photos taken by Jim on that fateful day.

Program is at Ijams Nature Center, Friday September 10, at 7 p.m.

Free to Ijams members, $5 for non-members. Sheila will have copies of the Smithsonian article for sale in the Gift Shop. To register call Sheila at 577-4717, ext. 10.

- Photo by Jim Tanner taken in 1938, shows young ivory-bill perched on guide J.J. Kuhn.

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