Birds in Northwest Arkansas

I want to introduce you to a new book a friend and colleague of mine recently published.

Joeseph C. Neal (BA History 1968, MS Zoology 1992) is a native of western Arkansas who has made his home in Fayetteville since coming to the University of Arkansas in 1964. He worked as a freelance journalist (The Grapevine) before joining with Dr. Douglas A. James to coauthor Arkansas Birds (University of Arkansas Press 1986). Subsequently, he wrote the academic portion of the History of Washington County Arkansas (Shiloh Museum 1989). Upon finishing his MS he joined the USDA Forest Service as a wildlife biologist on the Ouachita National Forest. His work there included a focus on recovery for Red-cockaded woodperchers (picoides borealis). Joe retired from the Forest Service in 2008. He is presently a visiting scholar in the UA-Fayetteville Department of Biological Sciences (joeneal@uark.edu). He serves as curator of bird records for Arkansas Audubon Society and as a field trip leader for the Northwest Arkansas Audubon Society.