Flight Lines
Across the Globe on a Journey with the Astonishing Ultramarathon Birds
New York : Pegasus Books, 2020.
Format: Book
Edition: First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Description: 324 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"In a luminous new book, Andrew Darby follows the odysseys of two seemingly-humble Grey Plovers, little-known migratory shorebirds, as they take previously uncharted ultramarathon flights from the southern coast of Australia to Arctic breeding grounds. On these death-defying flights they dodge predators, typhoons, exhaustion, and countless other dangers before they can breed...and then survive the journey all over again and return south to their feeding grounds. But the greatest threat to these, and other long-distance migrants on the flyway, is China's "dragon economy," which is engulfing their vital Yellow Sea staging spots"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Hunting on a no-good shore -- Three letters will do -- Tiny sparks -- The undertone -- The treasure map -- The treasure house -- Perfectly suited -- The white bear bird -- Beringia -- A portion of their secrets -- Now south -- A flick of the dragon's tail -- Lost flocks -- A spoonful of hope -- Navigating the possible -- In harmony with the sun.
ISBN:
9781643135762
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
ANIMALS Bird Dar | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-315) and index.