Living on the Windby Scott Weidensaul | |
| Category: |
"Nature/Science" |
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| Pages: | 373 |
| Year of Publication: | 1999 |
| Date Added: | 08/12/2006 |
| Date Read: | 05/20/2002 |
| Notes: | Subtitle: Across the Hemisphere With Migratory Birds Did you know that neither temperature nor hunger sparks bird migration? That many species migrate at night? That some birds migrate more than 5,000 miles in a single, uninterrupted flight? "We are such stodgy, rooted creatures," observes the author of this fascinating book. "To think of crossing thousands of miles under our own power is as incomprehensible as jumping the moon. Yet even the tiniest of birds perform such miracles." The author has traveled all over the world banding and observing birds and talking to the experts — amateur birders and ornithologists who have made many of the important discoveries about bird biology. |
| My Rating: | 7 |