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Jr. George H. Lowery
1913–1978
A pioneering American ornithologist, he helped transform the study of bird migration by showing how night-flying birds could be tracked as they crossed the face of the moon. His work at Louisiana State University also helped build one of the country’s notable university natural history museums.
2 Audiobooks
A Quantitative Study of the Nocturnal Migration of Birds
by Jr. George H. Lowery
Additions to the List of the Birds of Louisiana
by Jr. George H. Lowery
About the author
Born in Monroe, Louisiana, in 1913, George H. Lowery Jr. became one of the leading ornithologists of his generation. He earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Louisiana State University, joined the faculty there in the 1930s, and later completed his Ph.D. at the University of Kansas.
Lowery is especially remembered for his groundbreaking research on nocturnal bird migration. By organizing large-scale observations of birds passing in front of the moon, he brought a new level of measurement and rigor to a subject that had long been difficult to study directly.
At LSU, he was also a major force behind the Museum of Natural Science, serving as its founder and director and later becoming Boyd Professor of Zoology. Alongside his scientific work, he wrote influential books on Louisiana birdlife, helping both specialists and general readers see the richness of the region’s avian world more clearly.