"Search for the Rare Ivorybill"

Compared to Aldo Leopold’s essay “On a Monument to a Passenger Pigeon” Don Eckleberry’s essay reads like a narration of the search for the ivorybill woodpecker. Eckleberry’s intentions to write a story show through on pages 201 and 202. He takes a break from discussing the ivorybill and narrates his time spent with his host Mr. Henry and Liza. He includes their dialogue and a description of their meal. I appreciate his attempt at making his essay accessible and fluid, but the narration seems unnecessary and distracts the reader, since the essay is intended to raise awareness on the state of the ivorybill.

Stephanie asked what we would be willing to sacrifice to save an endangered species. It’s hard to say, since different species require different actions. And often times we’re not aware of the harm our actions put on a species until the damage has been done for us to see and it's almost too late. Which lead me to wonder if we should still blame ourselves for hurting the numbers of a species if we didn’t know we were. Is it not our blame to take as long as we try our hardest to fix the mistake?