Author Event: Ivory-billed Woodpecker as a Trickster with Dr. Chris Haney

When: Thursday, December 9, 7:00PM
Where: Online!
Member Ticket: $10
Non-member Ticket: $15

Join us as we welcome our good friend, Dr. Chris Haney. We will explore a simmering paradox that has baffled birders, scientists, conservationists, and the media for more than 100 years: repeated claims for the supposed “extinction” of the American Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Interacting with listeners, he will illustrate cognitive blunders, psychological biases, and logical fallacies that have long duped both sides of the woodpecker controversy. Few bird species have ever provoked such social rancor among us. Why are rumors of the woodpecker's persistence so prevalent, unlike other near or recently extinct animals? Why are we so bad-mannered with each other about a bird? How is it that we cannot agree even on whether a mere bird is alive or dead? Ivory-billed Woodpecker as Trickster uncovers how uncertainty about our natural world can so mess with our heads. Regardless of what (or who) you choose to believe, new ways of thinking about this striking avian icon will be opened to everyone, not just birders...

Pre-order your copy of Dr. Haney’s new book, Woody’s Last Laugh here.