The Ledger of Polk County, Florida chronicled the usefulness of On the Wings of Cranes: Larry Waklkinshaw’s Life Story on November 17, 2008. Its environmental editor, Tom Palmer, laments his not knowing Walkinshaw better saying, “I was concentrating on seeing as many species as I could rather than learning a lot about just a few, as he did.” His admission highlights why Walkinshaw became an exemplar citizen scientists rather than ‘just’ another amateur birder. Palmer appropriately linked Walkinshaw to leadership roles beyond those of worldwide scope to local ones in Florida such as leading the Ridge Audubon Society.

Palmer’s complete rendition appears in his Nature of Things column below.
THE NATURE of THINGS