Tanner, James T. (James Taylor)

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1914-03-06
Death 1991-01-21

Biographical notes:

James Taylor Tanner, was born in Homer, New York, on 6 March 1914. He attended Cornell University and did graduate study under Arthur A. Allen. His master's thesis was on "Sound Recording for a Natural History Museum." His Ph.D. dissertation was "Life History and Ecology of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker," based on 21 months of field studies in the great Singer tract in northeastern Louisiana, the last refuge for this nearly extinct species. Tanner died in Knoxville, Tennessee, on 21 January 1991.

From the description of Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, ivory-billed woodpecker records, 1935-1941. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 269285298

Ornithologist.

Cornell University Class of 1935.

From the description of James Taylor Tanner papers, 1935-1990. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63939129

Ornithologist.

Cornell University Class of 1935.

From the guide to the James Taylor Tanner papers, 1935-1990., (Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library)

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Subjects:

  • Birds
  • Bird watching
  • Bird watching
  • Bird watching
  • Bird watching
  • Bird watching
  • Bird watching
  • Bird watching
  • Bird watching
  • Bird watching
  • Bird watching
  • Bird watching
  • Forests and forestry
  • Imperial woodpecker
  • Ivory-billed woodpecker
  • Ivory-billed woodpecker
  • Ivory-billed woodpecker
  • Ornithologists
  • Ornithology
  • Ornithology
  • Scientific expeditions
  • Woodpeckers

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Places:

  • Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.) (as recorded)
  • New York (State)--Cortland (as recorded)
  • Montana (as recorded)
  • Louisiana--Madison Parish (as recorded)
  • Arizona--Chiricahua (as recorded)
  • Chesapeake Bay (Md. and Va.) (as recorded)
  • Tensas River National Wildlife Refuge (La.) (as recorded)
  • Georgia--St. Simons Island (as recorded)
  • New York (State)--Elk Lake (as recorded)
  • Glacier National Park (Mont.) (as recorded)
  • Massachusetts--Boston (as recorded)
  • New Jersey--Cape May (as recorded)
  • Tennessee--Knoxville (as recorded)
  • New York (State)--Ithaca (as recorded)
  • Tennessee--Johnson City (as recorded)