tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post2554038514567032178..comments2024-03-22T21:58:18.933+00:00Comments on ShukerNature: THE LANAI HOOKBILL – A LESSON IN HOW SCIENTIFIC RECOGNITION CAN SOMETIMES COME TOO LATEAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15628598508836601012noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-17345481841503187192014-01-09T00:54:41.753+00:002014-01-09T00:54:41.753+00:00Hi Patrick, Very glad that you enjoyed my article ...Hi Patrick, Very glad that you enjoyed my article and I'd have been just the same as you were - delighted to have the opportunity to spend time in Yale's Ornithological Library, and to peruse the cabinets of rare specimens. Dr Karl Shukerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222845702628862829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-49852380898494951632014-01-08T19:31:27.797+00:002014-01-08T19:31:27.797+00:00Thanks for the article! I have been interested in ...Thanks for the article! I have been interested in the Hawaiian Islands' unique and partially decimated native birdlife ever since I read an article called "Haunted Sands of Laysan" by George Laycock in Audubon Magazine 44 years ago, when I was a mere 12-year-old. At Yale, I wrote a term paper on Hawaiian birds for a "man and the natural world" course; this involved spending my spring break week not in Fort Lauderdale, in which I would have had no interest whatsoever, but in Yale's compact, thorough, and delightful Ornithology Library. (Yes, I'm a geek!) Right outside the library in the same building were cabinets full of bird specimens that I could look at, including some of the very rarest Hawaiian species - it was thrilling to be able to do this.Patrick Murthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08103905929956454199noreply@blogger.com