Tim Gallagher

Tim Gallagher is a writer and wildlife photographer and the author of six books: ''Parts Unknown, a Naturalist's Journey in Search of Birds and Wild Places''; ''The Grail Bird, Hot on the Trail of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker''; ''Falcon Fever, A Falconer in the 21st Century''; ''Imperial Dreams, Tracking the Imperial Woodpecker Through the Wild Sierra Madre''; ''Born to Fish, How An Obsessed Angler Became the World's Greatest Striped Bass Fisherman''; and ''Wild Bird Photography, A Full-Color Guide''. He was editor-in-chief of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology's ''Living Bird'' magazine for 26 years and before that was on the start-up editorial staff first managing editor of ''WildBird'' magazine.

In 2004, Gallagher reported sighting an ivory-billed woodpicker in the Big Woods of Arkansas; however, a subsequent expedition led by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology was unable to confirm his sighting. Gallagher's book about the experience, ''The Grail Bird: Hot on the Trail of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker'' (), was published in May 2005.

Gallagher was born in England and received a B.A. in magazine journalism, and an M.F.A. in English, both from California State University, Long Beach. Provided by Wikipedia