Robert Porter Allen

Robert Porter Allen (24 April 1905 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania) – 28 June 1963^[1] was an American ornithologist and environmentalist. He achieved worldwide attention for his rescue operations of the whooping crane (Grus Americana) in the 1940s and 1950s. Allen helped save the Roseate Spoonbill from extinction. He set up a tent on Bottle Key in the Florida Bay in 1938 so that he could observe the nesting Spoonbills up close. He was the first ecologist to do this work with Roseate Spoonbills.

References

• Kathleen Kaska (2012). The Man Who Saved the Whooping Crane: The Robert Porter Allen Story. ISBN 978-0813040240.
• Roseate Spoonbill: Pretty in Pink, Stephen Pearson and Dr. Jerry Lorenz PhD, 2012, ISBN 978-1-61772-570-8.

External References

• University of South Florida Libraries: Robert Porter Allen - Savior of the Whooping Crane
• University of South Florida Libraries: Robert Porter Allen Collection Manuscripts, notes, and photographs from Robert Porter Allen's work as a ornithologist and conservation activist
• University of South Florida Libraries: Robert Porter Allen - North American Wading Birds