Thomas Burleigh

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Thomas Burleigh, recognized as the state's most important ornithologist, is the author of Georgia Birds (1958), the first comprehensive state bird book.

Courtesy of Warnell School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia

Thomas Burleigh

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