George Miksch Sutton (May 16, 1898, Bethany, Nebraska – December 7, 1982) was an American ornithologist and bird artist. He published numerous technical papers in ornithology as well as more popular works illustrated with his own art. His early artistic work was inspired and tutored by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. In 1931, he was the first ornithologist to find the eggs of the Harris's sparrow, one of the last North American birds to have its nest and eggs described.[1] In 1935, he was part of the team of Arthur Augustus Allen during an expedition to the Singer Tract in Louisiana to make sketches of ivory-billed woodpecker.[2] He did extensive field work in the Arctic (including Iceland), Oklahoma, Labrador, and Mexico. He received his doctorate from Cornell University and held academic posts at the University of Michigan and the University of Oklahoma, Norman.[3] The George M. Sutton Avian Research Center in Bartlesville, Oklahoma was named after him.[4]
- ^ Semple, John Bonner; Sutton, George Miksch (1932). "Nesting of Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) at Churchill, Manitoba". The Auk. 49 (2): 166–183. doi:10.2307/4077028. JSTOR 4077028.
- ^ https://training.fws.gov/history/images/IvoryBillPamphlet1.jpg Archived 2021-03-27 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL image file]
- ^ Pettingill, Olin Sewall (1984-01-01). "In Memoriam: George Miksch Sutton". The Auk. 101 (1): 146–152. doi:10.1093/auk/101.1.146. ISSN 0004-8038.
- ^ "The Life of George Miksch Sutton". www.suttoncenter.org. Retrieved 19 July 2020.