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Twenty-five years ago, Anne LaBastille became fascinated by a flightless diving bird found only in the highlands of Guatemala. From then on, the noted ecologist--known affectionately as Mama Poc--documented the fate of the giant grebe and the once-pristine Lake Atitlan that sustained it. Photographs.
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The giant grebe bird ( poc in Mayan) is now extinct: confined to Lake Atitlan in the Guatemalan highlands and probably never numbering more than 300, it has succumbed to both human (the development of the lake as a resort) and natural (an earthquake that permanently lowered water levels and destroyed breeding habitat) influences. The author first saw the birds in 1960; in 1964 she began the campaign to save them that won her the name "Mama Poc" and is chronicled in this memoir; while she failed, it was not from lack of support in either Guatemala City or the local villages, nor lack of personal conviction and knowledge. This is a tragic story, sensitively recounted, with implications far beyond one species and one lake. LaBastille also wrote Woodswoman ( LJ 5/1/76) and Beyond Black Bear Lake ( LJ 12/15/86). Her latest book is recommended for all natural history collections.
- Paul B. Cors, Univ. of Wyoming Lib., Laramie
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